How To Install nsf-shells on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf-shells on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nsf-shells
nsf-shells is:
This package provides you with scripted shell wrappers for the two NSF-builtin Tcl extensions: NX (nxsh, nxwish) and XOTcl2 (xotclsh, xowish).
There are three methods to install nsf-shells 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 nsf-shells Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsf-shells using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsf-shells
Install nsf-shells Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsf-shells using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsf-shells
Install nsf-shells 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 nsf-shells using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsf-shells
How To Uninstall nsf-shells on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nsf-shells package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsf-shells
Uninstall nsf-shells And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsf-shells and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsf-shells
Remove nsf-shells Configurations and Data
To remove nsf-shells configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsf-shells
Remove nsf-shells configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsf-shells configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsf-shells
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf-shells package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
