How To Install ubuntu-make on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-make on Ubuntu 18.04. ubuntu-make is setup your development environment on ubuntu easily

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-make on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ubuntu-make

ubuntu-make is:

Ubuntu Make provides a set of functionality to setup, maintain and personalize your developer environment easily. It will handle all dependencies, even those which aren’t in Ubuntu itself, and install latest versions of the desired and recommended tools.

For now, you can configure a complete android studio environment.

There are three methods to install ubuntu-make 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 ubuntu-make Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-make using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-make

Install ubuntu-make Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-make using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-make

Install ubuntu-make 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 ubuntu-make using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-make

How To Uninstall ubuntu-make on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ubuntu-make package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-make

Uninstall ubuntu-make And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ubuntu-make and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-make

Remove ubuntu-make Configurations and Data

To remove ubuntu-make configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-make

Remove ubuntu-make configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-make configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-make

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-make package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.