How To Install strigi-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install strigi-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is strigi-client
strigi-client is:
Strigi client is a Qt4 client (GUI) for the Strigi Desktop Search software.
This package is part of Strigi Desktop Search, it contains the Qt4 client.
See the ‘strigi-daemon’ package for more information.
There are three methods to install strigi-client 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 strigi-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install strigi-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install strigi-client
Install strigi-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install strigi-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install strigi-client
Install strigi-client 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 strigi-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install strigi-client
How To Uninstall strigi-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the strigi-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove strigi-client
Uninstall strigi-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall strigi-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove strigi-client
Remove strigi-client Configurations and Data
To remove strigi-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge strigi-client
Remove strigi-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove strigi-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge strigi-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install strigi-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
