How To Install aptly-publisher on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-publisher on Ubuntu.
What is aptly-publisher
aptly-publisher is:
This tool allows one to create aptly multi-component publishes from YAML definition of repositories and mirrors
Features:
- create or update publish from latest snapshots
- it takes configuration in yaml format which defines what to publish and how
- expected snapshot format is
<name>-<timestamp>
- promote publish
- use source publish snapshots to create or update another publish (eg. testing -> stable)
- cleanup unused snapshots
There are three methods to install aptly-publisher on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install aptly-publisher Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptly-publisher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptly-publisher
Install aptly-publisher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptly-publisher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptly-publisher
Install aptly-publisher 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 aptly-publisher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptly-publisher
How To Uninstall aptly-publisher on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the aptly-publisher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptly-publisher
Uninstall aptly-publisher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptly-publisher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptly-publisher
Remove aptly-publisher Configurations and Data
To remove aptly-publisher configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptly-publisher
Remove aptly-publisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptly-publisher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptly-publisher
Dependencies
aptly-publisher have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-publisher package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.