How To Install url-dispatcher-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install url-dispatcher-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is url-dispatcher-tools
url-dispatcher-tools is:
Allows applications to request a URL to be opened and handled by another process without seeing the list of other applications on the system or starting them inside its own Application Confinement.
This package provides tools for working with the URL Dispatcher.
There are three methods to install url-dispatcher-tools 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 url-dispatcher-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install url-dispatcher-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install url-dispatcher-tools
Install url-dispatcher-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install url-dispatcher-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install url-dispatcher-tools
Install url-dispatcher-tools 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 url-dispatcher-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install url-dispatcher-tools
How To Uninstall url-dispatcher-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the url-dispatcher-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove url-dispatcher-tools
Uninstall url-dispatcher-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall url-dispatcher-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove url-dispatcher-tools
Remove url-dispatcher-tools Configurations and Data
To remove url-dispatcher-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge url-dispatcher-tools
Remove url-dispatcher-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove url-dispatcher-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge url-dispatcher-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install url-dispatcher-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
