How To Install myrepos on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrepos on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is myrepos
myrepos is:
The mr(1) command can checkout, update, or perform other actions on a set of repositories as if they were one combined repository. It supports any combination of git, svn, mercurial, bzr, darcs, cvs, vcsh, fossil, and veracity repositories, and support for other version control systems can easily be added. (There are extensions adding support for unison and git-svn, among others.)
It is extremely configurable via simple shell scripting. Some examples of things it can do include:
- Update a repository no more frequently than once every twelve hours.
- Run an arbitrary command before committing to a repository.
- When updating a git repository, pull from two different upstreams and merge the two together.
- Run several repository updates in parallel, greatly speeding up the update process.
- Remember actions that failed due to a laptop being offline, so they can be retried when it comes back online. . This package also includes the webcheckout command.
There are three methods to install myrepos 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 myrepos Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install myrepos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install myrepos
Install myrepos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install myrepos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install myrepos
Install myrepos 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 myrepos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install myrepos
How To Uninstall myrepos on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the myrepos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove myrepos
Uninstall myrepos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall myrepos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove myrepos
Remove myrepos Configurations and Data
To remove myrepos configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge myrepos
Remove myrepos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove myrepos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myrepos
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrepos package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
