How To Install comptext on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install comptext on Ubuntu 22.04. comptext is Gui based tool to compare two text streams

Introduction

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

What is comptext

comptext is:

Comptext is used to compare two text streams. It’s comparison function uses a linear-programming technique. It computes total number of errors, the character error rate (CER) and the bit error rate (BER).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install comptext

Install comptext Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install comptext

Install comptext 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 comptext using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install comptext

How To Uninstall comptext on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove comptext

Uninstall comptext And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove comptext

Remove comptext Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge comptext

Remove comptext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comptext

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Summary

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