How To Install ng-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ng-common on Ubuntu 18.04. ng-common is Common files used by ng-* packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ng-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ng-common

ng-common is:

Ng is Nihongo Mg, MicroGnuEmacs. It is a small lightweight Emacs-like editor. It can handle both Latin and CJK.

This package contains documents and a wrapper script.

There are three methods to install ng-common 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 ng-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ng-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ng-common

Install ng-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ng-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ng-common

Install ng-common 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 ng-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ng-common

How To Uninstall ng-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ng-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ng-common

Uninstall ng-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ng-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ng-common

Remove ng-common Configurations and Data

To remove ng-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ng-common

Remove ng-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ng-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ng-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ng-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.