How To Install icmake on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmake
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is icmake
icmake is:
Icmake is a hybrid between a ‘make’ utility and a ‘shell script’ language. Originally, it was written to provide a useful tool for automatic program maintenance and system administrative tasks on MS-DOS platforms.
There are three methods to install icmake
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install icmake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icmake
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icmake
Install icmake Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icmake
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icmake
Install icmake 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 icmake
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icmake
How To Uninstall icmake on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the icmake
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icmake
Uninstall icmake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icmake
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icmake
Remove icmake Configurations and Data
To remove icmake
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icmake
Remove icmake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icmake
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icmake
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmake
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.