How To Install debmake on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debmake
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is debmake
debmake is:
This package helps you to convert an upstream source package (or VCS contents) into the Debian package by adding files required for the Debian source package. The generated debian/rules file uses the new dh command syntax from the debhelper (>=11~) package.
The debmake command invoked in the upstream source tree without any option can generate files which is good enough to create a single arch=any Debian binary package for local use without touching them. The generated files should be edited to make it conform to the Debian policy if the package is to be uploaded to the Debian archive. By adding few options, this command can generate template files for the arbitrary combination of the multi-binary and multi-arch package, etc. This includes making of the rules file for the -dbg package and the control file for the multiarch library package.
This debmake command also scans copyright and license texts in the source files to help crafting the proper DEP-5 compatible debian/copyright file.
There are three methods to install debmake
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 debmake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debmake
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debmake
Install debmake Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debmake
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debmake
Install debmake 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 debmake
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debmake
How To Uninstall debmake on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the debmake
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debmake
Uninstall debmake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debmake
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debmake
Remove debmake Configurations and Data
To remove debmake
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debmake
Remove debmake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debmake
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debmake
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debmake
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.