How To Install libtidy5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtidy5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtidy5
libtidy5 is:
This is a library package, used by programs which have a dependency on libtidy5. If you want to run Tidy on the command line, please install the ’tidy’ package. If you want to build a program from source which uses libtidy5, please install the ’libtidy-dev’ package.
There are three methods to install libtidy5 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 libtidy5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtidy5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtidy5
Install libtidy5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtidy5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtidy5
Install libtidy5 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 libtidy5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtidy5
How To Uninstall libtidy5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtidy5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtidy5
Uninstall libtidy5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtidy5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtidy5
Remove libtidy5 Configurations and Data
To remove libtidy5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtidy5
Remove libtidy5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtidy5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtidy5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtidy5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
