How to Install and Uninstall devscripts Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "devscripts" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install devscripts on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "devscripts" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall devscripts on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the devscripts package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: devscripts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.22.1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2755
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.19), fakeroot, file, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, libfile-dirlist-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libfile-touch-perl, libfile-which-perl, libipc-run-perl, libmoo-perl, libwww-perl, patchutils, sensible-utils, wdiff, perl:any, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: apt (>= 1.3~pre3), dctrl-tools, dput | dupload, libdistro-info-perl, libdpkg-perl, libencode-locale-perl, libgit-wrapper-perl, libgitlab-api-v4-perl, liblist-compare-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, liburi-perl, licensecheck, lintian, man-db, patch, python3-apt, python3-debian (>= 0.1.15), python3-magic, python3-requests, python3-unidiff, python3-xdg, strace, unzip, wget | curl, xz-utils
Suggests: adequate, at, autopkgtest, bls-standalone, bsd-mailx | mailx, build-essential, check-all-the-things, cvs-buildpackage, debhelper, diffoscope, disorderfs, dose-extra (>= 4.0), duck, elpa-devscripts, faketime, gnuplot, how-can-i-help, libauthen-sasl-perl, libdbd-pg-perl, libfile-desktopentry-perl, libnet-smtps-perl, libterm-size-perl, libtimedate-perl, libyaml-syck-perl, mmdebstrap, mozilla-devscripts, mutt, piuparts, postgresql-client, pristine-lfs, quilt, ratt, reprotest, ssh-client, svn-buildpackage, w3m, debian-keyring, equivs, liblwp-protocol-https-perl, libsoap-lite-perl, pristine-tar
Breaks: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.147~)
Replaces: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.124~)
Filename: pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.22.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1056654
MD5sum: 5dbcb6398dda64d53ec7108dbeb474b3
SHA1: ec8678d66b4581977b68d105b141cfcfadea81be
SHA256: 393dca284beb0419f8d47b86277b758f736127fcc961f5418e5d0088417f9572
SHA512: 6b070dfc8c01193950b1f4f2bc3f03e66cc339e1c92ee30a1b4a2da6437eff25f186ea3d708519feca671b5d35d2cb99800bfd77fbbe99736afb6ba25444b15d
Description: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Description-md5: 18712bf96fd125498747f0e7e056e01f