How To Install tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tomboy
tomboy is:
Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application which is simple and easy to use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by allowing you to easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.
There are three methods to install tomboy 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 tomboy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tomboy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomboy
Install tomboy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tomboy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomboy
Install tomboy 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 tomboy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomboy
How To Uninstall tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tomboy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tomboy
Uninstall tomboy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tomboy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomboy
Remove tomboy Configurations and Data
To remove tomboy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tomboy
Remove tomboy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tomboy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomboy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
