How To Install dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack is:
dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (i.e. files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit the changes.
This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another, or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you upgrade it.
There are three methods to install dpkg-repack 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 dpkg-repack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dpkg-repack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dpkg-repack
Install dpkg-repack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dpkg-repack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dpkg-repack
Install dpkg-repack 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 dpkg-repack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dpkg-repack
How To Uninstall dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dpkg-repack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dpkg-repack
Uninstall dpkg-repack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dpkg-repack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpkg-repack
Remove dpkg-repack Configurations and Data
To remove dpkg-repack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dpkg-repack
Remove dpkg-repack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dpkg-repack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpkg-repack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-repack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
