How To Install calife on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install calife on Ubuntu 22.04. calife is Provides super user privileges to specific users

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calife on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is calife

calife is:

Calife is a lightweight alternative to Sudo. It allows selected users to obtain a shell with the identity of root, or another user, after entering their own password. This permits the system administrator to grant root privileges without sharing the root password.

There are three methods to install calife 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 calife Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install calife

Install calife Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install calife

Install calife 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 calife using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calife

How To Uninstall calife on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove calife

Uninstall calife And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calife

Remove calife Configurations and Data

To remove calife configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calife

Remove calife configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calife

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Summary

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