How To Install git-build-recipe on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-build-recipe on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is git-build-recipe
git-build-recipe is:
git-build-recipe takes a “recipe” which specifies several Git branches to combine in a certain fashion as input for a Debian-format source package, and provides the resulting branch as output.
There are three methods to install git-build-recipe 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 git-build-recipe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-build-recipe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-build-recipe
Install git-build-recipe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-build-recipe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-build-recipe
Install git-build-recipe 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 git-build-recipe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-build-recipe
How To Uninstall git-build-recipe on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the git-build-recipe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-build-recipe
Uninstall git-build-recipe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-build-recipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-build-recipe
Remove git-build-recipe Configurations and Data
To remove git-build-recipe configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-build-recipe
Remove git-build-recipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-build-recipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-build-recipe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-build-recipe package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
