How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "dpkg-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dpkg-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.20.9ubuntu1
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: 2467
Depends: perl:any, libdpkg-perl (= 1.20.9ubuntu1), tar (>= 1.28-1), bzip2, xz-utils, patch (>= 2.7), make, binutils, lto-disabled-list
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_1.20.9ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 936868
MD5sum: bb2ebf1a6642758c301ee9f0df09f061
SHA1: 736f63ac85c70b34046e2dd3da0eabf546153ce0
SHA256: 2e8db7b144630ef4a5657fcd54df2d9701176b4078f16a42e7555b3c8cdf1e2f
SHA512: 93116e6b8476d37bc935ee20f6129488fd97d296dc129bbd26f8dfaa304a45ec85144c8795d7887af5f087c9b123d1e018acc75d64f5dc6b0a4366c06c21f6b7
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: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes