How To Install datamash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install datamash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is datamash
datamash is:
GNU Datamash is a command-line program which performs basic numeric, textual and statistical operations on input textual data files. It is designed to be portable and reliable, and aid researchers to easily automate analysis pipelines, without writing code or even short scripts.
There are three methods to install datamash 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 datamash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install datamash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install datamash
Install datamash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install datamash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install datamash
Install datamash 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 datamash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install datamash
How To Uninstall datamash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the datamash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove datamash
Uninstall datamash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall datamash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove datamash
Remove datamash Configurations and Data
To remove datamash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge datamash
Remove datamash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove datamash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge datamash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install datamash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.