How To Install buku on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install buku on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is buku
buku is:
Feature
- Add, open, tag, comment on, search, update, remove bookmarks
- Merge-able portable database, to sync between systems
- Import/export bookmarks HTML (Firefox, Google Chrome, IE compatible)
- Fetch page title from web, refresh all titles in a go
- Open search results directly in default browser
- Manual password protection using AES256 encryption
- Tab-completion scripts (Bash, Fish, Zsh), man page with examples
- Several options for power users (see help or man page)
- Fast and clean interface, distinct symbols for record fields
- Minimal dependencies
There are three methods to install buku 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 buku Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install buku using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install buku
Install buku Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install buku using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install buku
Install buku 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 buku using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install buku
How To Uninstall buku on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the buku package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove buku
Uninstall buku And Its Dependencies
To uninstall buku and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove buku
Remove buku Configurations and Data
To remove buku configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge buku
Remove buku configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove buku configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buku
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install buku package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
