How To Install debget on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install debget on Ubuntu 22.04. debget is download/compile source and binary Debian packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debget on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is debget

debget is:

debget downloads source and binary Debian packages by name. It doesn’t require a local copy of the Packages files, instead it queries packages.debian.org to find out what versions are available.

debget can also optionally unpack and compile source packages, and even install the generated binary packages. If you intend to use these features you should install the devscripts package for the dscverify script it contains.

There are three methods to install debget on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install debget Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debget

Install debget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debget

Install debget 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 debget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debget

How To Uninstall debget on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove debget

Uninstall debget And Its Dependencies

To uninstall debget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debget

Remove debget Configurations and Data

To remove debget configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debget

Remove debget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debget

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debget package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.