How To Install aobook on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aobook on Ubuntu 22.04. aobook is Aozora Bunko viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aobook on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is aobook

aobook is:

Aozora Bunko (青空文庫, literally the “Blue Sky Library”, also known as the “Open Air Library”) is a Japanese digital library. This online collection encompasses several thousands of works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction, most of them are public domain books/works, and some are the authors wish to make freely available. See https://www.aozora.gr.jp/

aobook is a viwer for the books/works those are provided by Aozora Bunko.

There are three methods to install aobook 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 aobook Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aobook

Install aobook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aobook using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aobook

Install aobook 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 aobook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aobook

How To Uninstall aobook on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the aobook package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aobook

Uninstall aobook And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aobook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aobook

Remove aobook Configurations and Data

To remove aobook configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aobook

Remove aobook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aobook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aobook

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aobook package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.