How To Install curtin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install curtin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is curtin
curtin is:
This package provides the curtin installer.
Curtin is an installer that is blunt, brief, snappish, snippety and unceremonious.
There are three methods to install curtin
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 curtin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install curtin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install curtin
Install curtin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install curtin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install curtin
Install curtin 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 curtin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install curtin
How To Uninstall curtin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the curtin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove curtin
Uninstall curtin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall curtin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove curtin
Remove curtin Configurations and Data
To remove curtin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge curtin
Remove curtin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove curtin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge curtin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install curtin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.