How To Install bumpversion on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bumpversion on Ubuntu 22.04. bumpversion is Version-bump your software with a single command

Introduction

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

What is bumpversion

bumpversion is:

A small command line tool to simplify releasing software by updating all version strings in your source code by the correct increment.

Also creates commits and tags:

  • version formats are highly configurable
  • works without any VCS, but happily reads tag information from and writes commits and tags to Git and Mercurial if available
  • just handles text files, so it’s not specific to any programming language

There are three methods to install bumpversion 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 bumpversion Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bumpversion

Install bumpversion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bumpversion

Install bumpversion 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 bumpversion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bumpversion

How To Uninstall bumpversion on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bumpversion

Uninstall bumpversion And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bumpversion

Remove bumpversion Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bumpversion

Remove bumpversion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bumpversion

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Summary

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