How To Install freebsd-buildutils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebsd-buildutils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freebsd-buildutils
freebsd-buildutils is:
This package contains the FreeBSD counterparts of some standard build utilities (make, mkdep, lex ..)
They have some specific modifications needed to be able to build FreeBSD sources.
There are three methods to install freebsd-buildutils on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freebsd-buildutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freebsd-buildutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freebsd-buildutils
Install freebsd-buildutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freebsd-buildutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freebsd-buildutils
Install freebsd-buildutils 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 freebsd-buildutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freebsd-buildutils
How To Uninstall freebsd-buildutils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freebsd-buildutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freebsd-buildutils
Uninstall freebsd-buildutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freebsd-buildutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freebsd-buildutils
Remove freebsd-buildutils Configurations and Data
To remove freebsd-buildutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freebsd-buildutils
Remove freebsd-buildutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freebsd-buildutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freebsd-buildutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebsd-buildutils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
