How To Install errno on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install errno on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is errno
errno is:
This is a transitional dummy package to provide upgrades to the
moreutils' package, which contains theerrno’ utility. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install errno on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install errno Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install errno using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install errno
Install errno Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install errno using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install errno
Install errno 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 errno using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install errno
How To Uninstall errno on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the errno package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove errno
Uninstall errno And Its Dependencies
To uninstall errno and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove errno
Remove errno Configurations and Data
To remove errno configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge errno
Remove errno configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove errno configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge errno
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install errno package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.