How To Install idzebra-2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install idzebra-2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is idzebra-2.0
idzebra-2.0 is:
This metapackage installs all the necessary packages to start working with IDZebra - including utility programs, development libraries, documentation and modules.
IDZebra is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and retrieval engine. It reads structured records in a variety of input formats (eg. email, XML, MARC) and allows access to them through exact boolean search expressions and relevance-ranked free-text queries.
There are three methods to install idzebra-2.0 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 idzebra-2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install idzebra-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install idzebra-2.0
Install idzebra-2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install idzebra-2.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install idzebra-2.0
Install idzebra-2.0 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 idzebra-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install idzebra-2.0
How To Uninstall idzebra-2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the idzebra-2.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove idzebra-2.0
Uninstall idzebra-2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall idzebra-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove idzebra-2.0
Remove idzebra-2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove idzebra-2.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge idzebra-2.0
Remove idzebra-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove idzebra-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idzebra-2.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install idzebra-2.0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
