How To Install fzy on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fzy
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fzy
fzy is:
fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.
There are three methods to install fzy
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 fzy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fzy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fzy
Install fzy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fzy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fzy
Install fzy 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 fzy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fzy
How To Uninstall fzy on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fzy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fzy
Uninstall fzy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fzy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fzy
Remove fzy Configurations and Data
To remove fzy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fzy
Remove fzy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fzy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fzy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fzy
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.