How To Install ledger-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ledger-dbg
ledger-dbg is:
Ledger is a powerful and flexible double-entry accounting system run entirely from the command line. Your accounts ledger is stored in one or more plain-text files with a very simple and readable format, and ledger does the hard work of balancing your books and reporting.
This package contains the debugging symbols for ledger.
There are three methods to install ledger-dbg 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 ledger-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ledger-dbg
Install ledger-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ledger-dbg
Install ledger-dbg 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 ledger-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ledger-dbg
How To Uninstall ledger-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ledger-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ledger-dbg
Uninstall ledger-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ledger-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledger-dbg
Remove ledger-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ledger-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ledger-dbg
Remove ledger-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ledger-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledger-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
