How To Install Cowbuilder?

How To Install Cowbuilder?

cowbuilder

pbuilder running on cowdancer

Maintainer: Debian pbuilder maintenance team


Section: utils

Install cowbuilder

  • Debian apt-get install cowbuilder Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install cowbuilder Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install cowbuilder Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install cowbuilder Click to copy

cowbuilder

pbuilder running on cowdancer

'cowbuilder' command is a wrapper for pbuilder which allows using pbuilder-like interface over cowdancer environment. pbuilder is a tool for building and testing Debian package inside a clean chroot, and cowbuilder allows chroot to be recreated using hard-linked copies with copy-on-write, which makes creation and destruction of chroots fast.

Installation of latest cowbuilder command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.