How To Install live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04. live-build-cgi is Debian Live - System build scripts (CGI frontend) Debian Live - System build scripts (CGI frontend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.

Package: live-build-cgi Architecture: all Version: 3.0~a57-1ubuntu38 Priority: optional Section: universe/misc Source: live-build Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Live Project [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 102 Depends: live-build (= 3.0~a57-1ubuntu38) Recommends: apache2 | httpd, cron Filename: pool/universe/l/live-build/live-build-cgi_3.0~a57-1ubuntu38_all.deb Size: 6636 MD5sum: aa31c1851acecf6ee642bef0407d7c07 SHA1: 6813e409aec973c8f1b84bfd79c36363dc5392c4 SHA256: e0d6242ea0f6f83fb33e0805ff46216073156bafbd7affa48e0ef326bf20632c Homepage: http://live.debian.net/devel/live-build/ Description-en: Debian Live - System build scripts (CGI frontend) 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 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build-cgi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.