How To Install cfv on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfv on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cfv
cfv is:
cfv is a utility to test and create a wide range of checksum verification files. It currently supports testing and creating sfv, sfvmd5, csv, csv2, csv4, md5, bsdmd5, torrent and crc files. Test-only support is available for par, par2.
There are three methods to install cfv 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 cfv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cfv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cfv
Install cfv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cfv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cfv
Install cfv 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 cfv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cfv
How To Uninstall cfv on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cfv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cfv
Uninstall cfv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cfv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cfv
Remove cfv Configurations and Data
To remove cfv configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cfv
Remove cfv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cfv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cfv
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfv package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
