How To Install reprotest on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reprotest on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is reprotest
reprotest is:
reprotest builds the same source code twice in different environments, and then checks the binaries produced by each build for differences. If any are found, then diffoscope (or if unavailable then diff) is used to display them in detail for later analysis.
It supports different types of environment such as a “null” environment (i.e. doing the builds directly in /tmp) or various other virtual servers, for example schroot, ssh, qemu, and several others.
reprotest is developed as part of the “reproducible builds” Debian project.
There are three methods to install reprotest 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 reprotest Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reprotest using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reprotest
Install reprotest Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reprotest using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reprotest
Install reprotest 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 reprotest using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reprotest
How To Uninstall reprotest on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the reprotest package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reprotest
Uninstall reprotest And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reprotest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reprotest
Remove reprotest Configurations and Data
To remove reprotest configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reprotest
Remove reprotest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reprotest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reprotest
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reprotest package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
