How To Install dh-metainit on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-metainit on Ubuntu 18.04. dh-metainit is Debhelper addon to install and register a metainit file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-metainit on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is dh-metainit

dh-metainit is:

This debhelper script should be used by package that ship an metainit file. It installs the metainit file in the right spot and add the required actions to the maintainer scripts.

There are three methods to install dh-metainit 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 dh-metainit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-metainit

Install dh-metainit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-metainit

Install dh-metainit 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 dh-metainit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-metainit

How To Uninstall dh-metainit on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the dh-metainit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-metainit

Uninstall dh-metainit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-metainit

Remove dh-metainit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-metainit

Remove dh-metainit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-metainit

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Summary

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