How To Install bilibop on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bilibop on Ubuntu 20.04. bilibop is run Debian GNU/Linux from external media - metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bilibop on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bilibop

bilibop is:

Bilibop helps to maintain a Debian GNU/Linux operating system installed on an external media (USB, FireWire, Flash memory, eSATA). It hardens standard rules and policies to make the system more robust in this particular situation.

The installation of this metapackage will install other BILIBOP packages as dependencies. You should not install it, unless your system is writable and runs from an external device.

There are three methods to install bilibop on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bilibop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bilibop

Install bilibop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bilibop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bilibop

Install bilibop 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 bilibop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bilibop

How To Uninstall bilibop on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bilibop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bilibop

Uninstall bilibop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bilibop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bilibop

Remove bilibop Configurations and Data

To remove bilibop configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bilibop

Remove bilibop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bilibop

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bilibop package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.