How To Install gisomount on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gisomount on Ubuntu 18.04. gisomount is A utility for mounting and managing .iso images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gisomount on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gisomount

gisomount is:

gISOMount is a utility for mounting and managing .iso images with the added capabilities of calculating md5sums, and reading various volume information.

There are three methods to install gisomount 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 gisomount Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gisomount

Install gisomount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gisomount using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gisomount

Install gisomount 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 gisomount using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gisomount

How To Uninstall gisomount on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gisomount package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gisomount

Uninstall gisomount And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gisomount

Remove gisomount Configurations and Data

To remove gisomount configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gisomount

Remove gisomount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gisomount

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Summary

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