How To Install open-infrastructure-package-tracker on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-package-tracker on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is open-infrastructure-package-tracker

open-infrastructure-package-tracker is:

package-tracker is designed to compare apt archives from a derrivate (debian extending repositories) against their parent ones. As such it is possible to track changes of package versions in other archives.

There are three methods to install open-infrastructure-package-tracker 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 open-infrastructure-package-tracker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install open-infrastructure-package-tracker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install open-infrastructure-package-tracker

Install open-infrastructure-package-tracker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install open-infrastructure-package-tracker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install open-infrastructure-package-tracker

Install open-infrastructure-package-tracker 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 open-infrastructure-package-tracker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install open-infrastructure-package-tracker

How To Uninstall open-infrastructure-package-tracker on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the open-infrastructure-package-tracker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove open-infrastructure-package-tracker

Uninstall open-infrastructure-package-tracker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall open-infrastructure-package-tracker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-infrastructure-package-tracker

Remove open-infrastructure-package-tracker Configurations and Data

To remove open-infrastructure-package-tracker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge open-infrastructure-package-tracker

Remove open-infrastructure-package-tracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove open-infrastructure-package-tracker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-infrastructure-package-tracker

References

• open-infrastructure-package-tracker website
• open-infrastructure-package-tracker on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-package-tracker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.