How To Install fdroidserver on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdroidserver
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fdroidserver
fdroidserver is:
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.
The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to maintain the main F-Droid application repository. You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting metadata to the main repository.
There are three methods to install fdroidserver
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fdroidserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fdroidserver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fdroidserver
Install fdroidserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fdroidserver
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fdroidserver
Install fdroidserver Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fdroidserver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fdroidserver
How To Uninstall fdroidserver on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fdroidserver
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fdroidserver
Uninstall fdroidserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fdroidserver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdroidserver
Remove fdroidserver Configurations and Data
To remove fdroidserver
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fdroidserver
Remove fdroidserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fdroidserver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdroidserver
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdroidserver
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.