How To Install installation-birthday on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install installation-birthday on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is installation-birthday
installation-birthday is:
Installing this package will celebrate each birthday of your system by automatically sending a message to the local system administrator.
The installation date is based on the system installation time, not this package. The email is sent via cron(8).
There are three methods to install installation-birthday 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 installation-birthday Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install installation-birthday using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install installation-birthday
Install installation-birthday Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install installation-birthday using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install installation-birthday
Install installation-birthday 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 installation-birthday using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install installation-birthday
How To Uninstall installation-birthday on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the installation-birthday package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove installation-birthday
Uninstall installation-birthday And Its Dependencies
To uninstall installation-birthday and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove installation-birthday
Remove installation-birthday Configurations and Data
To remove installation-birthday configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge installation-birthday
Remove installation-birthday configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove installation-birthday configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge installation-birthday
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install installation-birthday package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
