How To Install brag on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install brag on Ubuntu 20.04. brag is Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brag on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is brag

brag is:

Brag collects and assembles multipart binary attachments from newsgroups. This is a robust command-line tool, well suited to run as a cron job.

  • Collects and downloads multipart binary attachments
  • Supported encodings: uuencode, MIME base64 and yenc
  • Filters messages using accept/reject patterns
  • Optionally saves message subjects
  • Supports NNTP authentication
  • Supports non-default NNTP ports
  • Can combine parts from different newsgroups or even different servers
  • Bulletproof: Restarts from the last successful operation.

There are three methods to install brag on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install brag Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brag

Install brag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brag

Install brag 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 brag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brag

How To Uninstall brag on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove brag

Uninstall brag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brag

Remove brag Configurations and Data

To remove brag configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brag

Remove brag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brag

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brag package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.