How To Install gresistor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gresistor on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gresistor
gresistor is:
To allow for identification, resistors are usually marked with colored bands. Often refered to as color codes, these markings are indicative of their resistance, tolerance and temperature coefficient. gResistor helps you translate resistor color codes into a readable value. All you have to do is watch the colors on the resistor and then enter them in the program. As you enter colours you’ll see that the resistor value is changing accordingly.
There are three methods to install gresistor 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 gresistor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gresistor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gresistor
Install gresistor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gresistor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gresistor
Install gresistor 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 gresistor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gresistor
How To Uninstall gresistor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gresistor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gresistor
Uninstall gresistor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gresistor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gresistor
Remove gresistor Configurations and Data
To remove gresistor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gresistor
Remove gresistor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gresistor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gresistor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gresistor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
