How to Install and Uninstall debhelper Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "debhelper" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install debhelper on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                debhelper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "debhelper" package

Learn how to uninstall debhelper on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                debhelper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the debhelper package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: debhelper
Architecture: all
Version: 13.6ubuntu1~bpo20.04.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1536
Provides: debhelper-compat (= 9), debhelper-compat (= 10), debhelper-compat (= 11), debhelper-compat (= 12), debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-dwz, dh-sequence-elf-tools, dh-sequence-installinitramfs, dh-sequence-single-binary, dh-sequence-systemd
Depends: autotools-dev, dh-autoreconf (>= 17~), dh-strip-nondeterminism (>= 0.028~), dpkg (>= 1.18.0~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.2~), dwz (>= 0.12.20190711), file (>= 3.23), libdpkg-perl (>= 1.17.14), man-db, libdebhelper-perl (= 13.6ubuntu1~bpo20.04.1), po-debconf, awk, perl:any
Suggests: dh-make
Breaks: cmake (<< 3.9~), meson (<< 0.40.0~)
Filename: pool/main/d/debhelper/debhelper_13.6ubuntu1~bpo20.04.1_all.deb
Size: 933540
MD5sum: b611e9ac3a36e0dc8a293a354c8b357d
SHA1: 6bd95357912c274dec82507332cc1be7b668b39d
SHA256: e3a4309fd2f2122fe6dda6c6b3cf2043293324d4615aa8f9faccb751ca864aa6
SHA512: a9c08aa53811365fab1ea0ea55addb460a27f10ef262463f5c2085e52d5360b10e8da765bb0a1a6db1dd0c1c5aeac56f4a8aa03ee0ee067316d4c0f1339b3f2b
Description: helper programs for debian/rules
Description-md5: c3d35229c1ce392f77324206e097b92e

Package: debhelper
Architecture: all
Version: 12.10ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1440
Provides: debhelper-compat (= 9), debhelper-compat (= 10), debhelper-compat (= 11), debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-sequence-dwz, dh-sequence-elf-tools, dh-sequence-installinitramfs, dh-sequence-systemd
Depends: autotools-dev, dh-autoreconf (>= 17~), dh-strip-nondeterminism (>= 0.028~), dpkg (>= 1.18.0~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.2~), dwz, file (>= 3.23), libdpkg-perl (>= 1.17.14), man-db, libdebhelper-perl (= 12.10ubuntu1), po-debconf, perl:any
Suggests: dh-make
Conflicts: pkg-create-dbgsym
Breaks: cmake (<< 3.9~), dh-systemd (<< 1.38), meson (<< 0.40.0~)
Replaces: dh-systemd (<< 1.38), pkg-create-dbgsym
Filename: pool/main/d/debhelper/debhelper_12.10ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 876844
MD5sum: 56bf81d5ed1c093310ce8b8d066264e5
SHA1: fa76c96b8787f121612b726c9369c400a993505d
SHA256: 07faf53b4a853a4bf167e1992d13f2cc2c687d78218f0156f77e09d5b028c1f4
Description: helper programs for debian/rules
Description-md5: c3d35229c1ce392f77324206e097b92e