How To Install xbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xbuilder
xbuilder is:
This package contains scripts to run a batch-job of cross-builds, using various methods, on a list of source packages. It also has a simple cross-bootstraping helper (using build-profiles), and scripts for generating html tables summarising the results of a build run, and generating the packagelists to build.
It is not a proper buildd, or smart in any way, just really a collection of scripts wrtten for a particular task. Nevertheless they remain useful for this particular job.
There are three methods to install xbuilder 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 xbuilder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xbuilder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xbuilder
Install xbuilder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xbuilder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xbuilder
Install xbuilder 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 xbuilder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xbuilder
How To Uninstall xbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xbuilder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xbuilder
Uninstall xbuilder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xbuilder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbuilder
Remove xbuilder Configurations and Data
To remove xbuilder configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xbuilder
Remove xbuilder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xbuilder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbuilder
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbuilder package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
