How To Install gcalcli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcalcli
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gcalcli
gcalcli is:
gcalcli is a Python application that allows you to access your Google Calendar from a command line. It’s easy to get your agenda, search for events, and quickly add new events. Additionally gcalcli can be used as a reminder service to execute any application you want.
There are three methods to install gcalcli
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 gcalcli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcalcli
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcalcli
Install gcalcli Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcalcli
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcalcli
Install gcalcli 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 gcalcli
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcalcli
How To Uninstall gcalcli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gcalcli
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcalcli
Uninstall gcalcli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcalcli
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcalcli
Remove gcalcli Configurations and Data
To remove gcalcli
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcalcli
Remove gcalcli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcalcli
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcalcli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcalcli
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.