How To Install debian-installer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-installer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is debian-installer
debian-installer is:
This package currently only contains some documentation for the Debian installer. We welcome suggestions about what else to put in it.
There are three methods to install debian-installer 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 debian-installer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-installer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-installer
Install debian-installer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-installer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-installer
Install debian-installer 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 debian-installer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-installer
How To Uninstall debian-installer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the debian-installer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-installer
Uninstall debian-installer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-installer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-installer
Remove debian-installer Configurations and Data
To remove debian-installer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-installer
Remove debian-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-installer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-installer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-installer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
