How To Install arora on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install arora on Ubuntu 18.04. arora is simple cross platform web browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arora on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is arora

arora is:

simple webkit based webbrowser using Qt toolkit. Originally based on the Qt demo browser to show the possibilities of Qt Webkit. Arora is a very basic browser that supports history and bookmarks.

There are three methods to install arora on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install arora Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arora using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arora

Install arora Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arora using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arora

Install arora Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install arora using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arora

How To Uninstall arora on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the arora package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arora

Uninstall arora And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arora and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arora

Remove arora Configurations and Data

To remove arora configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arora

Remove arora configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arora configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arora

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arora package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.