How To Install yorick-yeti-regex on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-yeti-regex on Ubuntu 18.04. yorick-yeti-regex is POSIX regular expressions for the Yorick language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-yeti-regex on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yorick-yeti-regex

yorick-yeti-regex is:

Yeti is a collection of extension plugins for Yorick (a fast interpreted interactive data processing language).

The yorick-yeti-regex package implements support for POSIX regular expressions.

There are three methods to install yorick-yeti-regex 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 yorick-yeti-regex Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yorick-yeti-regex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-yeti-regex

Install yorick-yeti-regex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yorick-yeti-regex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yorick-yeti-regex

Install yorick-yeti-regex 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 yorick-yeti-regex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-yeti-regex

How To Uninstall yorick-yeti-regex on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the yorick-yeti-regex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-yeti-regex

Uninstall yorick-yeti-regex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yorick-yeti-regex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-yeti-regex

Remove yorick-yeti-regex Configurations and Data

To remove yorick-yeti-regex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-yeti-regex

Remove yorick-yeti-regex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yorick-yeti-regex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-yeti-regex

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-yeti-regex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.