How To Install fish-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fish-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fish-common
fish-common is:
Fish is a shell geared towards interactive use. Its features are focused on user friendliness and discoverability. The language syntax is simple but incompatible with other shell languages.
This package contains the common fish files shared by all architectures.
There are three methods to install fish-common 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 fish-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fish-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fish-common
Install fish-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fish-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fish-common
Install fish-common 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 fish-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fish-common
How To Uninstall fish-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fish-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fish-common
Uninstall fish-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fish-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fish-common
Remove fish-common Configurations and Data
To remove fish-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fish-common
Remove fish-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fish-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fish-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fish-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
