How To Install command-not-found-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install command-not-found-data
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is command-not-found-data
command-not-found-data is:
This package provides the required data used by the command-not-found application.
There are three methods to install command-not-found-data
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 command-not-found-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install command-not-found-data
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install command-not-found-data
Install command-not-found-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install command-not-found-data
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install command-not-found-data
Install command-not-found-data 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 command-not-found-data
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install command-not-found-data
How To Uninstall command-not-found-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the command-not-found-data
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove command-not-found-data
Uninstall command-not-found-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall command-not-found-data
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove command-not-found-data
Remove command-not-found-data Configurations and Data
To remove command-not-found-data
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge command-not-found-data
Remove command-not-found-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove command-not-found-data
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge command-not-found-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install command-not-found-data
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.