How To Install how-can-i-help on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install how-can-i-help on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is how-can-i-help
how-can-i-help is:
how-can-i-help hooks into APT to list opportunities for contributions to Debian (orphaned packages, bugs tagged ’newcomer’) for packages installed locally, after each APT invocation. It can also be invoked directly, and then lists all opportunities for contribution (not just the new ones).
There are three methods to install how-can-i-help 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 how-can-i-help Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install how-can-i-help using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install how-can-i-help
Install how-can-i-help Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install how-can-i-help using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install how-can-i-help
Install how-can-i-help 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 how-can-i-help using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install how-can-i-help
How To Uninstall how-can-i-help on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the how-can-i-help package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove how-can-i-help
Uninstall how-can-i-help And Its Dependencies
To uninstall how-can-i-help and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove how-can-i-help
Remove how-can-i-help Configurations and Data
To remove how-can-i-help configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge how-can-i-help
Remove how-can-i-help configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove how-can-i-help configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge how-can-i-help
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install how-can-i-help package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
