How To Install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8. pbuilder is Personal package builder for Debian packages
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8.
What is pbuilder
pbuilder constructs a chroot system, and builds a package inside the chroot. It is an ideal system to use to check that a package has correct build- dependencies.
We can use yum or dnf to install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pbuilder.
Install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pbuilder using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pbuilder
Install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pbuilder using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pbuilder
How To Uninstall pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the pbuilder package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pbuilder
pbuilder Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/pbuilder
/etc/pbuilder/buildd-config.sh
/etc/pbuilderrc
/usr/bin/debuild-pbuilder
/usr/bin/pdebuild
/usr/lib/pbuilder
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-apt-config
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-buildpackage
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-buildpackage-funcs
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-checkparams
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-createbuildenv
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-loadconfig
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-modules
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-runhooks
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-apt
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-aptitude
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-checkparams
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-classic
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-experimental
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-funcs
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-gdebi
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-unshare-wrapper
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-updatebuildenv
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pdebuild-checkparams
/usr/lib/pbuilder/pdebuild-internal
/usr/sbin/pbuilder
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pbuilder
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/README
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/README.fedora
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B20autopkgtest
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B90lintian
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B90list-missing
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B91debc
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B91dpkg-i
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/B92test-pkg
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/C10shell
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/C11screen
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/D10tmp
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/D20addnonfree
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/D65various-compiler-support
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/D80no-man-db-rebuild
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/D90chrootmemo
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/F90chrootmemo
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/execute_installtest.sh
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/execute_paramtest.sh
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/README
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/STRATEGY
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/lib
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/lib/lvmbuilder-checkparams
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/lib/lvmbuilder-modules
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/lib/lvmbuilder-unimplemented
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/lvmpbuilder/lvmbuilder
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuildd
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuildd/buildd.sh
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuildd/hookdir
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuildd/hookdir/A10dpkg-l.sh
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-distribution.sh
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/000_prepinstall
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/001_apprun
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/002_libfile
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/002_sample.c
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/003_makecheck
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/004_ldd
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilder-test/README
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/pbuilderrc
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/rebuild
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/rebuild/README
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/rebuild/buildall
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/rebuild/getlist
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/debuild-pbuilder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdebuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pbuilderrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pbuilder.8.gz
/usr/share/pbuilder
/usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc
/var/cache/pbuilder/ccache
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pbuilder on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.