How to Install and Uninstall debhelper Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "debhelper" package

Please follow the instructions below to install debhelper on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: debhelper
Architecture: all
Version: 13.3.4ubuntu2
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: 1505
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~), debugedit, dwz (>= 0.12.20190711), file (>= 3.23), libdpkg-perl (>= 1.17.14), man-db, libdebhelper-perl (= 13.3.4ubuntu2), po-debconf, perl:any
Suggests: dh-make
Breaks: cmake (<< 3.9~), meson (<< 0.40.0~)
Filename: pool/main/d/debhelper/debhelper_13.3.4ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 921186
MD5sum: 02b061664e22a04d7bb0ce34648d6a23
SHA1: d632382750c186602767f30cf52b245a61b026d3
SHA256: 865cba8278e38d76b8a470148749b2a0759fcf48827a9da5a2275741116c1b85
SHA512: 9532236b2796a5400eb05ece70f6ac9ca7774738d8fcd9c5f33b61ddf79d84f260fb4966d6773cad0205d82ce3cd91b96117ab1eb10615947ad522b419aad4e9
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