How To Install testdrive-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testdrive-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is testdrive-cli
testdrive-cli is:
Testdrive helps you download and run the daily Ubuntu development ISO in a virtual machine on your local hardware.
It is strongly recommended that you have a CPU with VT and sufficient memory on your system to host virtual machines. In this case, testdrive will use KVM to host your virtual machines.
Alternatively, you can use VirtualBox.
This package contains the command line Front-end for TestDrive.
There are three methods to install testdrive-cli 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 testdrive-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install testdrive-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install testdrive-cli
Install testdrive-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install testdrive-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install testdrive-cli
Install testdrive-cli 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 testdrive-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install testdrive-cli
How To Uninstall testdrive-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the testdrive-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove testdrive-cli
Uninstall testdrive-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall testdrive-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove testdrive-cli
Remove testdrive-cli Configurations and Data
To remove testdrive-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge testdrive-cli
Remove testdrive-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove testdrive-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge testdrive-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testdrive-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
