How To Install freemedforms-freedata on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install freemedforms-freedata on Ubuntu 18.04. freemedforms-freedata is free extra-data for the FreeMedForms project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freemedforms-freedata on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is freemedforms-freedata

freemedforms-freedata is:

The FreeMedForms project provides a set of medical applications to help health professionals in their day-to-day practice. It is developed by an international community of medical doctors and computer specialists.

This package contains the architecture independent free extra-data (like free drugs database).

There are three methods to install freemedforms-freedata 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 freemedforms-freedata Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freemedforms-freedata

Install freemedforms-freedata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freemedforms-freedata

Install freemedforms-freedata 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 freemedforms-freedata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freemedforms-freedata

How To Uninstall freemedforms-freedata on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the freemedforms-freedata package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freemedforms-freedata

Uninstall freemedforms-freedata And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freemedforms-freedata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freemedforms-freedata

Remove freemedforms-freedata Configurations and Data

To remove freemedforms-freedata configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freemedforms-freedata

Remove freemedforms-freedata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freemedforms-freedata

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freemedforms-freedata package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.