How To Install pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04. pkg-components is debhelper tool to help maintain bundles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is pkg-components

pkg-components is:

Support for additional components in debian/rules To be activated one would need to run ‘dh –with components $@’ and also there would have to be a ‘debian/components’ directory.

There are three methods to install pkg-components 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 pkg-components Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-components

Install pkg-components Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pkg-components

Install pkg-components 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 pkg-components using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-components

How To Uninstall pkg-components on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the pkg-components package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-components

Uninstall pkg-components And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-components

Remove pkg-components Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-components configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-components

Remove pkg-components configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-components

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Summary

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