How To Install mldonkey-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mldonkey-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mldonkey-gui
mldonkey-gui is:
The GTK+ interface for mldonkey provides a convenient way of managing all mldonkey operations. It gives details about connected servers, downloaded files, friends and lets one search for files in a pleasing way.
There are three methods to install mldonkey-gui 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 mldonkey-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mldonkey-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mldonkey-gui
Install mldonkey-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mldonkey-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mldonkey-gui
Install mldonkey-gui 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 mldonkey-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mldonkey-gui
How To Uninstall mldonkey-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mldonkey-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mldonkey-gui
Uninstall mldonkey-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mldonkey-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mldonkey-gui
Remove mldonkey-gui Configurations and Data
To remove mldonkey-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mldonkey-gui
Remove mldonkey-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mldonkey-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mldonkey-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mldonkey-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
