How To Install repo on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install repo on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is repo
repo is:
Repo is a repository management tool that the Android developers built on top of Git. Repo unifies the many Git repositories when necessary, does the uploads to the Android revision control system, and automates parts of the Android development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git in the context of Android. The repo command is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path. In working with the Android source files, you will use Repo for across-network operations. For example, with a single Repo command you can download files from multiple repositories into your local working directory.
repo is an unusual tool because it downloads all of its own Python modules using GPG-signed git tags, and stores those files as part of the project that it is working with. So this package just provides the wrapper script, which provides the GPG signing keys for verifying that the correct Python code was downloaded.
There are three methods to install repo on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install repo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install repo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install repo
Install repo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install repo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install repo
Install repo 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 repo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install repo
How To Uninstall repo on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the repo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove repo
Uninstall repo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall repo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove repo
Remove repo Configurations and Data
To remove repo configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge repo
Remove repo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove repo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge repo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install repo package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.