How To Install id-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install id-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is id-utils
id-utils is:
Actually, the term
identifier' is too limiting--mkid’ stores tokens, be they program identifiers of any form, literal numbers, or words of human-readable text. Database queries can be issued from the command-line, or from within emacs, serving as an augmented tags facility.
There are three methods to install id-utils 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 id-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install id-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install id-utils
Install id-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install id-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install id-utils
Install id-utils 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 id-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install id-utils
How To Uninstall id-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the id-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove id-utils
Uninstall id-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall id-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove id-utils
Remove id-utils Configurations and Data
To remove id-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge id-utils
Remove id-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove id-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge id-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install id-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
