How to Install and Uninstall debhelper Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "debhelper" package

Please follow the guidance below to install debhelper on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall debhelper on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: debhelper
Architecture: all
Version: 13.2.1ubuntu1
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: 1460
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-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 (= 13.2.1ubuntu1), 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_13.2.1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 879284
MD5sum: 6f4a3a1244aab476e6bf25965f69e99a
SHA1: f1f22b96d57b5c0dadca5c780addfaad4e87ce9e
SHA256: a20b2c0da6456b05858395e43fde7c9a610f3ec91fa95a49cf334ea399e89b34
SHA512: 769432c4c86ad0a2f8948dae42170f06101d9b95958a87a8b5f15a291285b55f4f7afe44c4adba0ad0ab98c9b1d59eb19df1b4eda9947bddcff2600f34fe4bd1
Description-en: helper programs for debian/rules
A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file to
automate common tasks related to building Debian packages. Programs
are included to install various files into your package, compress
files, fix file permissions, integrate your package with the Debian
menu system, debconf, doc-base, etc. Most Debian packages use debhelper
as part of their build process.
Description-md5: c3d35229c1ce392f77324206e097b92e