How To Install svn-buildpackage on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install svn-buildpackage on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is svn-buildpackage
svn-buildpackage is:
svn-buildpackage (formerly svn-devscripts) contains tools that help to automate the task of maintaining Debian packages inside of a Subversion repository. They are intended to be used by Debian maintainers to simplify the error-prone actions with the svn, devscripts, and dpkg-dev utilities.
- svn-inject: creates the initial directory structure of a Debian-SVN repository and imports existing packages
- svn-upgrade: imports upstream changes into the upstream branch and updates the Debian trunk directory, merging and tagging as needed
- svn-buildpackage: wrapper around dpkg-buildpackage (or other builders), exporting/merging/tagging source as needed
- svn-do: exports a source, runs a command inside the exported source and, if the command succeeds, copies back the debian/ tree
- uclean: removes redundant files from upstream source packages
The package also includes a detailed HOWTO document.
There are three methods to install svn-buildpackage 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 svn-buildpackage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install svn-buildpackage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install svn-buildpackage
Install svn-buildpackage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install svn-buildpackage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install svn-buildpackage
Install svn-buildpackage 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 svn-buildpackage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install svn-buildpackage
How To Uninstall svn-buildpackage on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the svn-buildpackage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove svn-buildpackage
Uninstall svn-buildpackage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall svn-buildpackage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove svn-buildpackage
Remove svn-buildpackage Configurations and Data
To remove svn-buildpackage configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge svn-buildpackage
Remove svn-buildpackage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove svn-buildpackage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge svn-buildpackage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install svn-buildpackage package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
