How to Install and Uninstall devscripts Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the devscripts on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "devscripts" package

This tutorial shows how to install devscripts on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "devscripts" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall devscripts on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the devscripts package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: devscripts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.22.1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2755
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.19), fakeroot, file, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, libfile-dirlist-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libfile-touch-perl, libfile-which-perl, libipc-run-perl, libmoo-perl, libwww-perl, patchutils, sensible-utils, wdiff, perl:any, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: apt (>= 1.3~pre3), dctrl-tools, dput | dupload, libdistro-info-perl, libdpkg-perl, libencode-locale-perl, libgit-wrapper-perl, libgitlab-api-v4-perl, liblist-compare-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, liburi-perl, licensecheck, lintian, man-db, patch, python3-apt, python3-debian (>= 0.1.15), python3-magic, python3-requests, python3-unidiff, python3-xdg, strace, unzip, wget | curl, xz-utils
Suggests: adequate, at, autopkgtest, bls-standalone, bsd-mailx | mailx, build-essential, check-all-the-things, cvs-buildpackage, debhelper, diffoscope, disorderfs, dose-extra (>= 4.0), duck, elpa-devscripts, faketime, gnuplot, how-can-i-help, libauthen-sasl-perl, libdbd-pg-perl, libfile-desktopentry-perl, libnet-smtps-perl, libterm-size-perl, libtimedate-perl, libyaml-syck-perl, mmdebstrap, mozilla-devscripts, mutt, piuparts, postgresql-client, pristine-lfs, quilt, ratt, reprotest, ssh-client, svn-buildpackage, w3m, debian-keyring, equivs, liblwp-protocol-https-perl, libsoap-lite-perl, pristine-tar
Breaks: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.147~)
Replaces: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.124~)
Filename: pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.22.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1056654
MD5sum: 5dbcb6398dda64d53ec7108dbeb474b3
SHA1: ec8678d66b4581977b68d105b141cfcfadea81be
SHA256: 393dca284beb0419f8d47b86277b758f736127fcc961f5418e5d0088417f9572
SHA512: 6b070dfc8c01193950b1f4f2bc3f03e66cc339e1c92ee30a1b4a2da6437eff25f186ea3d708519feca671b5d35d2cb99800bfd77fbbe99736afb6ba25444b15d
Description: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Description-md5: 18712bf96fd125498747f0e7e056e01f