How To Install slugimage on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slugimage on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is slugimage
slugimage is:
This is the slugimage program, which can be used to manipulate NSLU2 firmware images.
There are three methods to install slugimage 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 slugimage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slugimage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slugimage
Install slugimage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slugimage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slugimage
Install slugimage 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 slugimage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slugimage
How To Uninstall slugimage on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the slugimage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slugimage
Uninstall slugimage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slugimage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slugimage
Remove slugimage Configurations and Data
To remove slugimage configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slugimage
Remove slugimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slugimage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slugimage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slugimage package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
