How To Install calamares on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calamares
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is calamares
calamares is:
Calamares is a distribution-independent installer framework.
It provides a graphical installer that can be used with nearly any distribution. This package is suitable for live media on Debian-based systems, and won’t be of any particular use on an already installed system.
You will likely want to provide your own config files to match your distribution, reading the Calamares documentation will guide you through that process.
There are three methods to install calamares
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 calamares Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install calamares
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install calamares
Install calamares Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install calamares
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install calamares
Install calamares 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 calamares
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install calamares
How To Uninstall calamares on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the calamares
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove calamares
Uninstall calamares And Its Dependencies
To uninstall calamares
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove calamares
Remove calamares Configurations and Data
To remove calamares
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge calamares
Remove calamares configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove calamares
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calamares
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calamares
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.