How To Install librpmsign8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmsign8 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librpmsign8
librpmsign8 is:
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.
This library provides an interface for signing RPM packages.
There are three methods to install librpmsign8 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 librpmsign8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librpmsign8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librpmsign8
Install librpmsign8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librpmsign8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librpmsign8
Install librpmsign8 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 librpmsign8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librpmsign8
How To Uninstall librpmsign8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librpmsign8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librpmsign8
Uninstall librpmsign8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librpmsign8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmsign8
Remove librpmsign8 Configurations and Data
To remove librpmsign8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librpmsign8
Remove librpmsign8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librpmsign8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmsign8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmsign8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
