How To Install developers-reference on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install developers-reference on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is developers-reference
developers-reference is:
This package contains the Debian Developer’s Reference, a set of guidelines and best practices which has been established by and for the community of Debian developers. If you are not a Debian developer, you probably do not need this package.
Table of Contents:
1. Scope of This Document
2. Applying to Become a Maintainer
3. Debian Developer's Duties
4. Resources for Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers
5. Managing Packages
6. Best Packaging Practices
7. Beyond Packaging
8. Internationalization and Translations
This package contains the English version of the Developer’s Reference. The French, German, Italy, Russian and Japanese translations are available in developers-reference-fr, developers-reference-de, developers-reference-it, developers-reference-ru and developers-reference-ja.
There are three methods to install developers-reference 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 developers-reference Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install developers-reference using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install developers-reference
Install developers-reference Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install developers-reference using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install developers-reference
Install developers-reference 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 developers-reference using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install developers-reference
How To Uninstall developers-reference on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the developers-reference package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove developers-reference
Uninstall developers-reference And Its Dependencies
To uninstall developers-reference and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove developers-reference
Remove developers-reference Configurations and Data
To remove developers-reference configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge developers-reference
Remove developers-reference configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove developers-reference configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge developers-reference
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install developers-reference package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
