How To Install isenkram-cli on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install isenkram-cli on Ubuntu 18.04. isenkram-cli is Suggest packages to install when inserting new hardware (CLI tool)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isenkram-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is isenkram-cli

isenkram-cli is:

Command line interface tools to try to figure out which packages to install to use the available hardware devices. This package also contain the data files mapping hardware to packages.

There are three methods to install isenkram-cli 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 isenkram-cli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install isenkram-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install isenkram-cli

Install isenkram-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install isenkram-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install isenkram-cli

Install isenkram-cli 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 isenkram-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isenkram-cli

How To Uninstall isenkram-cli on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the isenkram-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove isenkram-cli

Uninstall isenkram-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall isenkram-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isenkram-cli

Remove isenkram-cli Configurations and Data

To remove isenkram-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge isenkram-cli

Remove isenkram-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove isenkram-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isenkram-cli

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install isenkram-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.