How To Install pkgbinarymangler on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgbinarymangler on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pkgbinarymangler
pkgbinarymangler is:
pkgbinarymangler consists of a dpkg-deb wrapper that calls the following helper applications while building a debian binary package:
pkgstriptranslations removes all *.mo files in /usr/share/locale from all package build directories. It is used to strip off gettext translations from generated binary packages, because translations are already shipped in the language packs. Its behaviour (which is disabled by default) is configured in /etc/pkgbinarymangler/striptranslations.conf.
pkgmaintainermangler adjusts the maintainer field in binary packages to match a set of rules (including whitelists, mass renames by component, maintainer name, etc) defined in the pkgmaintainermangler configuration file at /etc/pkgbinarymangler/maintainermangler.conf.
There are three methods to install pkgbinarymangler 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 pkgbinarymangler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pkgbinarymangler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkgbinarymangler
Install pkgbinarymangler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkgbinarymangler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkgbinarymangler
Install pkgbinarymangler 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 pkgbinarymangler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkgbinarymangler
How To Uninstall pkgbinarymangler on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pkgbinarymangler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkgbinarymangler
Uninstall pkgbinarymangler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkgbinarymangler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkgbinarymangler
Remove pkgbinarymangler Configurations and Data
To remove pkgbinarymangler configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkgbinarymangler
Remove pkgbinarymangler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkgbinarymangler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkgbinarymangler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgbinarymangler package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
