How To Install launchtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install launchtool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is launchtool
launchtool is:
Runs a user-supplied command supervising its execution in many ways:
- controlling the environment
- blocking signals
- logging the output
- changing user and group permissions
- limiting resource usage
- running it chrooted
- restarting it if it fails
- logging execution statistics
- running it continuously
- turning it into a daemon
There are three methods to install launchtool 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 launchtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install launchtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install launchtool
Install launchtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install launchtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install launchtool
Install launchtool 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 launchtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install launchtool
How To Uninstall launchtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the launchtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove launchtool
Uninstall launchtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall launchtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove launchtool
Remove launchtool Configurations and Data
To remove launchtool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge launchtool
Remove launchtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove launchtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge launchtool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install launchtool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
