How To Install dh-migrations on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-migrations on Ubuntu 18.04. dh-migrations is debhelper extension for session-migration support

Introduction

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

What is dh-migrations

dh-migrations is:

This package provides a debhelper extension to perform session migration operations on the installed packages.

There are three methods to install dh-migrations 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-migrations 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-migrations using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-migrations

Install dh-migrations Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-migrations

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

sudo aptitude -y install dh-migrations

How To Uninstall dh-migrations on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dh-migrations

Uninstall dh-migrations And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-migrations

Remove dh-migrations Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-migrations

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

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

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

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Summary

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