How To Install pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pkg-components
pkg-components is:
Support for additional components in debian/rules To be activated one would need to run ‘dh –with components $@’ and also there would have to be a ‘debian/components’ directory.
There are three methods to install pkg-components
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 pkg-components Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-components
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-components
Install pkg-components Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-components
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-components
Install pkg-components 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 pkg-components
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-components
How To Uninstall pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pkg-components
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-components
Uninstall pkg-components And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-components
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-components
Remove pkg-components Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-components
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-components
Remove pkg-components configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-components
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-components
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.