How To Install bsdmainutils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdmainutils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bsdmainutils
bsdmainutils is:
This is a transitional package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install bsdmainutils 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 bsdmainutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdmainutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdmainutils
Install bsdmainutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdmainutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdmainutils
Install bsdmainutils 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 bsdmainutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdmainutils
How To Uninstall bsdmainutils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bsdmainutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdmainutils
Uninstall bsdmainutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdmainutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdmainutils
Remove bsdmainutils Configurations and Data
To remove bsdmainutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdmainutils
Remove bsdmainutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdmainutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdmainutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdmainutils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.