How To Install lptools 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 lptools on Ubuntu.
What is lptools
lptools is:
LP Tools allow you to work with Launchpad without ever having to deal with the web interface. This package provides the following tools:
- lp-attach - attach a file to a Launchpad bug
- lp-bug-dupe-properties - find duplicate Launchpad bug reports
- lp-capture-bug-counts - view summary of number of bugs for a Launchpad project
- lp-check-membership - check if a launchpad user is a member of a group
- lp-force-branch-mirror - force a new import
- lp-get-branches - check out all the branches of a team
- lp-grab-attachments - download all attachments for specified bugs or from bugs for a particular project
- lp-list-bugs - list all bugs for a project
- lp-milestone2ical - convert milestones on a project into the iCal format
- lp-milestones - list and manipulate milestones for a project
- lp-project - create and manage projects
- lp-project-upload - upload release files
- lp-recipe-status - show the status of the recipes owned by a particular user
- lp-remove-team-members - remove members from a team
- lp-review-list - list reviews for a project
- lp-review-notifier - desktop notifier about reviews that can be done
- lp-set-dup - mark duplicate bugs
- lp-shell - convenient way to launch Python interpreter already logged in to launchpad
There are three methods to install lptools 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 lptools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lptools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lptools
Install lptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lptools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lptools
Install lptools 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 lptools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lptools
How To Uninstall lptools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lptools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lptools
Uninstall lptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lptools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lptools
Remove lptools Configurations and Data
To remove lptools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lptools
Remove lptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lptools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lptools
Dependencies
lptools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lptools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.