How To Install packup on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packup
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is packup
packup is:
packup is a solver for the package upgradability problem specified in the CUDF format. It repeatedly invokes an optimization pseudo-Boolean solver in order to solve the problem. By default minisat+ is used for that purpose but a different solver can be used by specifying the pertaining command line option.
There are three methods to install packup
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 packup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packup
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packup
Install packup Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packup
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packup
Install packup 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 packup
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packup
How To Uninstall packup on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the packup
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packup
Uninstall packup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packup
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packup
Remove packup Configurations and Data
To remove packup
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packup
Remove packup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packup
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packup
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packup
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.