How To Install bsdowl on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdowl on Ubuntu 20.04. bsdowl is Universal portable build system written for BSD Make

Introduction

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

What is bsdowl

bsdowl is:

This collection of BSD Make directives aims at providing a highly portable universal build system targeting modern UNIX systems and supporting common or less common languages.

It can already be used to:

  • Prepare and publish TeX documents;
  • Develop TeX macros with NOWEB;
  • Develop OCaml software;
  • Maintain and deploy FreeBSD workstation configuration files;
  • Prepare static website with ONSGMLS.

It is well tested under:

  • Mac OS X, version 10.6.8 and above
  • FreeBSD, version 9.0 and above
  • Debian Jessie and newer

There are three methods to install bsdowl 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 bsdowl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsdowl

Install bsdowl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bsdowl

Install bsdowl 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 bsdowl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bsdowl

How To Uninstall bsdowl on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bsdowl

Uninstall bsdowl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdowl

Remove bsdowl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bsdowl

Remove bsdowl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdowl

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Summary

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