How To Install checkbox-ng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install checkbox-ng
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is checkbox-ng
checkbox-ng is:
CheckBoxNG is a hardware testing tool useful for certifying laptops, desktops and servers. It is a new version of CheckBox that is built directly on top of PlainBox. CheckBoxNG replaces CheckBox, where applicable.
This package contains the CheckBox command line tool
There are three methods to install checkbox-ng
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 checkbox-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install checkbox-ng
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install checkbox-ng
Install checkbox-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install checkbox-ng
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install checkbox-ng
Install checkbox-ng 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 checkbox-ng
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install checkbox-ng
How To Uninstall checkbox-ng on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the checkbox-ng
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove checkbox-ng
Uninstall checkbox-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall checkbox-ng
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove checkbox-ng
Remove checkbox-ng Configurations and Data
To remove checkbox-ng
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge checkbox-ng
Remove checkbox-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove checkbox-ng
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge checkbox-ng
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install checkbox-ng
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.