How To Install cabal-debian on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cabal-debian on Ubuntu 22.04. cabal-debian is Create a debianization for a cabal package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cabal-debian on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cabal-debian

cabal-debian is:

Tool for creating debianizations of Haskell packages based on the .cabal file. If apt-file is installed it will use it to discover what is the Debian package name of a C library.

There are three methods to install cabal-debian 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 cabal-debian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cabal-debian

Install cabal-debian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cabal-debian

Install cabal-debian 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 cabal-debian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cabal-debian

How To Uninstall cabal-debian on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cabal-debian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cabal-debian

Uninstall cabal-debian And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cabal-debian

Remove cabal-debian Configurations and Data

To remove cabal-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cabal-debian

Remove cabal-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cabal-debian

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Summary

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