How To Install eclipse-debian-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-debian-helper
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-debian-helper
eclipse-debian-helper is:
eclipse-debian-helper is a set of tools used to build Eclipse related package. It provides a debhelper buildsystem to compile and package projects consisting in a collection of Eclipse bundles.
There are three methods to install eclipse-debian-helper
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 eclipse-debian-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-debian-helper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-debian-helper
Install eclipse-debian-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-debian-helper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-debian-helper
Install eclipse-debian-helper 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 eclipse-debian-helper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-debian-helper
How To Uninstall eclipse-debian-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-debian-helper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-debian-helper
Uninstall eclipse-debian-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-debian-helper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-debian-helper
Remove eclipse-debian-helper Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-debian-helper
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-debian-helper
Remove eclipse-debian-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-debian-helper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-debian-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-debian-helper
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.