How To Install ignore-me on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignore-me on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ignore-me
ignore-me is:
This program helps by creating a ignore file for your autotools basedproject. After installing it provides some binaries, which can copy the shipped Makefile into your current project directory. Currently it supports BZR, CVS, GIT, HG and SVN. The Makefiles itself providing some useful rules for blacklisting some of your files to put them into the ignore file. See it man pages for further information.
There are three methods to install ignore-me 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 ignore-me Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ignore-me using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ignore-me
Install ignore-me Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ignore-me using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ignore-me
Install ignore-me 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 ignore-me using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ignore-me
How To Uninstall ignore-me on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ignore-me package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ignore-me
Uninstall ignore-me And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ignore-me and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ignore-me
Remove ignore-me Configurations and Data
To remove ignore-me configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ignore-me
Remove ignore-me configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ignore-me configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ignore-me
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignore-me package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
