How To Install icoextract on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icoextract on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is icoextract
icoextract is:
icoextract is an icon extraction library for Windows PE files (.exe/.dll)
This package installs the icoextract and icolist command line utilities.
There are three methods to install icoextract 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 icoextract Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icoextract using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icoextract
Install icoextract Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icoextract using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icoextract
Install icoextract 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 icoextract using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icoextract
How To Uninstall icoextract on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the icoextract package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icoextract
Uninstall icoextract And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icoextract and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icoextract
Remove icoextract Configurations and Data
To remove icoextract configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icoextract
Remove icoextract configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icoextract configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icoextract
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icoextract package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.