How To Install live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is live-build-cgi
live-build-cgi is:
live-build contains the scripts that build a Debian Live system image from a configuration directory.
This package contains the CGI frontend.
There are three methods to install live-build-cgi 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 live-build-cgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install live-build-cgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install live-build-cgi
Install live-build-cgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install live-build-cgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install live-build-cgi
Install live-build-cgi 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 live-build-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install live-build-cgi
How To Uninstall live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the live-build-cgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove live-build-cgi
Uninstall live-build-cgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall live-build-cgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-build-cgi
Remove live-build-cgi Configurations and Data
To remove live-build-cgi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge live-build-cgi
Remove live-build-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove live-build-cgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-build-cgi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build-cgi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
