How To Install freedombox-setup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedombox-setup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freedombox-setup
freedombox-setup is:
Installing FreedomBox changes your Debian system in many important ways. This includes installing a firewall and regenerating server certificates. It is therefore recommended that you install FreedomBox on a fresh Debian installation instead of an existing setup.
There are three methods to install freedombox-setup 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 freedombox-setup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freedombox-setup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freedombox-setup
Install freedombox-setup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freedombox-setup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freedombox-setup
Install freedombox-setup 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 freedombox-setup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freedombox-setup
How To Uninstall freedombox-setup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freedombox-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freedombox-setup
Uninstall freedombox-setup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freedombox-setup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedombox-setup
Remove freedombox-setup Configurations and Data
To remove freedombox-setup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freedombox-setup
Remove freedombox-setup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freedombox-setup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedombox-setup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedombox-setup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
