How To Install ara on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ara on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ara
ara is:
ara is a utility for searching the Debian package database using boolean regexp queries.
ara can perform sophisticated searches on that database. It is possible to use any field of the package database as a search criterion and any boolean combination thereof.
ara can also call APT (or any user-configurable command) to install or remove packages matching a query.
There are three methods to install ara 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 ara Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ara using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ara
Install ara Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ara using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ara
Install ara 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 ara using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ara
How To Uninstall ara on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ara package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ara
Uninstall ara And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ara and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ara
Remove ara Configurations and Data
To remove ara configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ara
Remove ara configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ara configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ara
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ara package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
