How To Install libsbuild-perl on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbuild-perl on Debian 9.

What is libsbuild-perl

libsbuild-perl is:

The sbuild suite of programs (wanna-build, buildd and sbuild) are used to build binary packages from source packages. The wanna-build database tracks packages which require building; buildd schedules work from information it gets from the wanna-build database; sbuild does the actual package building.

This package contains the core library modules used by these programs.

There are three methods to install libsbuild-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsbuild-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsbuild-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsbuild-perl

Install libsbuild-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsbuild-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsbuild-perl

Install libsbuild-perl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsbuild-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsbuild-perl

How To Uninstall libsbuild-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libsbuild-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsbuild-perl

Uninstall libsbuild-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsbuild-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsbuild-perl

Remove libsbuild-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libsbuild-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsbuild-perl

Remove libsbuild-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsbuild-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsbuild-perl

Dependencies

libsbuild-perl have the following dependencies:

• apt
• dpkg-dev
• libdpkg-perl
• libexception-class-perl
• libfilesys-df-perl
• libmime-lite-perl
• gnupg
• perl

References

• libsbuild-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbuild-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.