How To Install dose-distcheck 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 dose-distcheck on Ubuntu.
What is dose-distcheck
dose-distcheck is:
This software checks for every package of a distribution whether it is possible to satisfy its dependencies and conflicts within this distribution. It comes in several versions:
- dose-debcheck for Debian packages
- dose-rpmcheck for rpm packages
- dose-eclipsecheck for OSGi plugins
There are three methods to install dose-distcheck 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 dose-distcheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dose-distcheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dose-distcheck
Install dose-distcheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dose-distcheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dose-distcheck
Install dose-distcheck 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 dose-distcheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dose-distcheck
How To Uninstall dose-distcheck on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dose-distcheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dose-distcheck
Uninstall dose-distcheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dose-distcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dose-distcheck
Remove dose-distcheck Configurations and Data
To remove dose-distcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dose-distcheck
Remove dose-distcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dose-distcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dose-distcheck
Dependencies
dose-distcheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dose-distcheck package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.