How To Install bytes-circle on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bytes-circle on Ubuntu 22.04. bytes-circle is Show byte statistics as an ASCII circle graph

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bytes-circle on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bytes-circle

bytes-circle is:

bytes-circle is a program that shows statistics about bytes contained in a file as an ASCII circle graph of deviations from mean in standard deviation (sigma) fraction increments.

The program can be useful for statistically analyze the content of files in a glimpse: text files are shown as a green centered crown, compressed and encrypted files should be shown as equally distributed variations with a very low CV (sigma/mean), and other types of files can be classified between these two categories depending on their ASCII vs binary content, which can be useful to quickly determine how information is stored inside them (redis db, mmedia files, etc).

There are three methods to install bytes-circle 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 bytes-circle Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bytes-circle

Install bytes-circle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bytes-circle

Install bytes-circle 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 bytes-circle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bytes-circle

How To Uninstall bytes-circle on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bytes-circle package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bytes-circle

Uninstall bytes-circle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bytes-circle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bytes-circle

Remove bytes-circle Configurations and Data

To remove bytes-circle configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bytes-circle

Remove bytes-circle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bytes-circle

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bytes-circle package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.