How To Install debootstrap 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 debootstrap on Ubuntu.
What is debootstrap
debootstrap is:
debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into.
There are three methods to install debootstrap 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 debootstrap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debootstrap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debootstrap
Install debootstrap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debootstrap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debootstrap
Install debootstrap 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 debootstrap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debootstrap
How To Uninstall debootstrap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the debootstrap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debootstrap
Uninstall debootstrap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debootstrap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debootstrap
Remove debootstrap Configurations and Data
To remove debootstrap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debootstrap
Remove debootstrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debootstrap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debootstrap
Dependencies
debootstrap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debootstrap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.