How To Install ubuntu-snappy-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-snappy-cli on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-snappy-cli
ubuntu-snappy-cli is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-snappy-cli Architecture: all Version: 2.48.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 160 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-snappy-cli_2.48.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1652 MD5sum: cc0f843de0a18ffcef2df998340e09a2 SHA1: 5e5103b1409cc723124ec847f3363fbf55bf6d38 SHA256: 00c7ca26a1e9e66dee2873d4f18c6d89dbf2061868fc33c87d2b8fcf63048478 SHA512: d0589b0b568d3320052307da0988e20a7bffaaede3a93d377ef696e683e02973036125c483239fa79fff1f8167611b6badbb58144406439cc83b839a7dca2090 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-snappy-cli Architecture: all Version: 2.44.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 136 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-snappy-cli_2.44.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1656 MD5sum: e4478b3d3e7f8bbaa35a1bfe98948c4a SHA1: c8b205bfca965bba0e1d7cacf725a852bab83670 SHA256: cb3fc9aca9108c60653dbb7a0b182487718799c4e433e80e1c018b9365e7ed63 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-snappy-cli on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ubuntu-snappy-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 ubuntu-snappy-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-snappy-cli
Install ubuntu-snappy-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-snappy-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-snappy-cli
Install ubuntu-snappy-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 ubuntu-snappy-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-snappy-cli
How To Uninstall ubuntu-snappy-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-snappy-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-snappy-cli
Uninstall ubuntu-snappy-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-snappy-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-snappy-cli
Remove ubuntu-snappy-cli Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-snappy-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-snappy-cli
Remove ubuntu-snappy-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-snappy-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-snappy-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-snappy-cli package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
