How To Install bazel-platforms on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-platforms on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bazel-platforms
bazel-platforms is:
All canonical constraint_setting()s, constraint_value()s, and platform()s that are universally useful across languages and Bazel projects.
There are three methods to install bazel-platforms 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 bazel-platforms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-platforms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bazel-platforms
Install bazel-platforms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-platforms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bazel-platforms
Install bazel-platforms 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 bazel-platforms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bazel-platforms
How To Uninstall bazel-platforms on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bazel-platforms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bazel-platforms
Uninstall bazel-platforms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bazel-platforms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bazel-platforms
Remove bazel-platforms Configurations and Data
To remove bazel-platforms configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bazel-platforms
Remove bazel-platforms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bazel-platforms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bazel-platforms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-platforms package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
