How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "dpkg-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dpkg-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dpkg-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dpkg-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.20.5ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: dpkg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2205
Depends: perl:any, libdpkg-perl (= 1.20.5ubuntu2), tar (>= 1.28-1), bzip2, xz-utils, patch (>= 2.7), make, binutils
Recommends: build-essential, gcc | c-compiler, fakeroot, gnupg, gpgv, libalgorithm-merge-perl
Suggests: debian-keyring
Breaks: debhelper (<< 10.10.1~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.20.5ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 758052
MD5sum: 96d192b5d5dbaae1a5415d3bd1053014
SHA1: 556eeeae9f725369f9df5649dff8ec8c413892bb
SHA256: 063e6be590e8496e188b1d53fa7e3657661d8f53aa996db844f46c64ffd8e65c
SHA512: 14fedf998475ba9cf15a34fe845abc19ecbfabcf3f8510bf92123e2614747e43703fae0a0e30a817fbb12a27d0801e43c484d8c05538accf830a5098a48d9751
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Description-en: Debian package development tools
This package provides the development tools (including dpkg-source)
required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages.
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Most Debian source packages will require additional tools to build;
for example, most packages need make and the C compiler gcc.
Description-md5: 2eaf4b4a1cef9584869950f3a52106fc
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes