How To Install jpilot on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install jpilot on Ubuntu 18.04. jpilot is graphical app. to modify the contents of your Palm Pilots DBs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jpilot on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is jpilot

jpilot is:

J-Pilot is a desktop organizer application for PalmOS devices. It is meant to be an alternative to the Palm Desktop provided by Palm.

You have access to the following applications: o Datebook o Address book o ToDo list o Memos

Plug-ins are available in the jpilot-plugins package.

There are three methods to install jpilot 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 jpilot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jpilot

Install jpilot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jpilot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jpilot

Install jpilot 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 jpilot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jpilot

How To Uninstall jpilot on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the jpilot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jpilot

Uninstall jpilot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jpilot

Remove jpilot Configurations and Data

To remove jpilot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jpilot

Remove jpilot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jpilot

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Summary

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