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