How To Install sbuild on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sbuild on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sbuild
sbuild is:
The sbuild suite of programs (buildd and sbuild) are used to build binary packages from source packages. sbuild does the actual package building.
sbuild uses chroots to build packages, which act as virtual, minimal operating system installations dedicated to package building. This means that a number of environments may be used for building simultaneously on the same machines, for example stable, testing, unstable and experimental. When coupled with schroot to create snapshots of chroots, sbuild may be used to build many packages in parallel. A chroot environment allows packages to be built in a controlled, clean environment. sbuild installs only essential and build-essential packages, plus those in the package build dependencies.
There are three methods to install sbuild 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 sbuild Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sbuild using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sbuild
Install sbuild Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sbuild using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sbuild
Install sbuild 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 sbuild using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sbuild
How To Uninstall sbuild on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sbuild package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sbuild
Uninstall sbuild And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sbuild and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbuild
Remove sbuild Configurations and Data
To remove sbuild configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sbuild
Remove sbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sbuild configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sbuild
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sbuild package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
