How To Install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common on Debian 11. ubuntu-packaging-guide-common is Ubuntu Packaging Guide - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common on Debian 11.

What is ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

ubuntu-packaging-guide-common is:

The Ubuntu Packaging Guide is a set of articles that should help you to get involved with packaging and development of Ubuntu. It’s not meant to replace other great documentation like the Debian New Maintainer’s Guide or the Debian policy, but serve as a starting point with easy and simple to understand articles.

This package contains some common files that are needed by HTML versions of the guide.

There are three methods to install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common on Debian 11. 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-packaging-guide-common 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-packaging-guide-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

How To Uninstall ubuntu-packaging-guide-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ubuntu-packaging-guide-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Uninstall ubuntu-packaging-guide-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ubuntu-packaging-guide-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Remove ubuntu-packaging-guide-common Configurations and Data

To remove ubuntu-packaging-guide-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Remove ubuntu-packaging-guide-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-packaging-guide-common

Dependencies

ubuntu-packaging-guide-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-packaging-guide-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.