How to Install and Uninstall dist Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "dist" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dist on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dist on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dist
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dist package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dist
Architecture: all
Version: 1:3.5-236-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2637
Depends: perl, libperl4-corelibs-perl, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/universe/d/dist/dist_3.5-236-1_all.deb
Size: 449708
MD5sum: 27f807143e9bfe65b192961724c2695e
SHA1: 9bc9a7aaa989618a200dd972289e8de8576b40db
SHA256: 2d648cfdd51580c090597744901a2e01e3c9b78b28a44567b0d3463559ef4a39
SHA512: 71f09a8e1999aed3a40827221c2c8750896acf1acb7d2a3afefd2050e9b80d760ffa5f5a4e2f5314cb8a27da6b2e0f2e1c8867c66a212859a9d2d667f915bb3a
Description-en: Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software
The dist package is a set of tools meant to ease the construction
and maintenance of portable software.
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The first component is the Configure script generator, metaconfig, which
automatically builds the Configure script from your sources. Ideally,
the end-user receiving your source code will simply have to read
your README file, run the Configure script (which is self-documented),
and then run make.
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The second component is the Makefile.SH generator, which is a generic
configured Makefile, reusing some of the information figured out
by Configure, and a generic Jmakefile description.
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The third component is the RCS aware package generator, which is
used when it's time to build up the shell archives used to distribute
your program.
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The fourth and latest component is the patch generator, used to
make updates of your sources, which can later be applied on the
original distribution by using the patch program.
Description-md5: 5f28860f0dcfbb834e3b056d01d91d83