How To Install hamexam on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamexam
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hamexam
hamexam is:
hamexam is an interactive study tool for the 3 USA FCC amateur radio (ham radio) question pools. The 3 question pools are: t element 2, Technician Class (entry level), g element 3, General Class (also requires element 2), e element 4, Extra Class (also requires elements 2 and 3). Questions are chosen randomly from the selected pool. Incorrect answers cause the question to be asked again later. Licenses are issued by the FCC, but exams are conducted by Volunteer Examiners. For more information about USA amateur radio licensing: http://www.arrl.org/licensing-preparation-exams
There are three methods to install hamexam
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 hamexam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hamexam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hamexam
Install hamexam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hamexam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hamexam
Install hamexam 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 hamexam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hamexam
How To Uninstall hamexam on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hamexam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hamexam
Uninstall hamexam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hamexam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hamexam
Remove hamexam Configurations and Data
To remove hamexam
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hamexam
Remove hamexam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hamexam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hamexam
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamexam
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.