How To Install bugs-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bugs-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04. bugs-everywhere is distributed bug tracking system using VCS storage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bugs-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bugs-everywhere

bugs-everywhere is:

Bugs Everywhere is a “distributed bug tracker”, designed to complement a distributed version control system (VCS). By using a distributed VCS as a back-end for bug state, it gains several convenient features:

  • Bugs and code that live on branches are tracked together.
  • Users can fully modify bug state while offline.
  • When a user checks out a project’s source code, she gets the current bug state for free.
  • A web interface to the bug database becomes just another client that merges with the main repository.

Bugs Everywhere currently supports the following VCS back-ends:

  • GNU Arch (tla, baz)
  • Bazaar (bzr)
  • git
  • Mercurial (hg)
  • Darcs
  • Monotone (mtn)
  • GNU RCS

There are three methods to install bugs-everywhere 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 bugs-everywhere Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bugs-everywhere

Install bugs-everywhere Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bugs-everywhere

Install bugs-everywhere 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 bugs-everywhere using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bugs-everywhere

How To Uninstall bugs-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bugs-everywhere package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bugs-everywhere

Uninstall bugs-everywhere And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bugs-everywhere

Remove bugs-everywhere Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bugs-everywhere

Remove bugs-everywhere configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bugs-everywhere

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Summary

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