How To Install pseudo on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pseudo
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pseudo
pseudo is:
The pseudo utility offers a way to run commands in a virtualized “root” environment, allowing ordinary users to run commands which give the illusion of creating device nodes, changing file ownership, and otherwise doing things necessary for creating distribution packages or filesystems.
Pseudo has a lot of similarities to fakeroot but is a new implementation that improves on the problems seen using fakeroot. Pseudo is now extensively used by Poky as a replacement to fakeroot but can also be used standalone in many other use cases.
There are three methods to install pseudo
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 pseudo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pseudo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pseudo
Install pseudo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pseudo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pseudo
Install pseudo 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 pseudo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pseudo
How To Uninstall pseudo on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pseudo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pseudo
Uninstall pseudo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pseudo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pseudo
Remove pseudo Configurations and Data
To remove pseudo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pseudo
Remove pseudo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pseudo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pseudo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pseudo
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.