How To Install vrms on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is vrms
vrms is:
The vrms program will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free and contrib trees which are currently installed.
In some cases, the opinions of Richard M. Stallman and the Debian project have diverged since this program was originally written. In such cases, this program follows the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Note that vrms is not limited to Debian systems only (which means that it also works with Debian-derived distributions such as Ubuntu). It is also not limited to Linux-based systems.
There are three methods to install vrms
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vrms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vrms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vrms
Install vrms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vrms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vrms
Install vrms 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 vrms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vrms
How To Uninstall vrms on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the vrms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vrms
Uninstall vrms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vrms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vrms
Remove vrms Configurations and Data
To remove vrms
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vrms
Remove vrms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vrms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vrms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.