How To Install aptitude on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptitude on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is aptitude
aptitude is:
aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get.
aptitude is also Y2K-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken.
There are three methods to install aptitude 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 aptitude Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptitude using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptitude
Install aptitude Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptitude using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptitude
Install aptitude 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 aptitude using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptitude
How To Uninstall aptitude on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the aptitude package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptitude
Uninstall aptitude And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptitude and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptitude
Remove aptitude Configurations and Data
To remove aptitude configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptitude
Remove aptitude configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptitude configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptitude
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptitude package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.