How To Install ledger-autosync on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger-autosync on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ledger-autosync
ledger-autosync is:
ledger-autosync is a program to pull down transactions from your bank and create ledger transactions for them. It is designed to only create transactions that are not already present in your ledger files. This should make it comparable to some of the automated synchronization features available in products like GnuCash, Mint, etc.
There are three methods to install ledger-autosync 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 ledger-autosync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger-autosync using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ledger-autosync
Install ledger-autosync Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger-autosync using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ledger-autosync
Install ledger-autosync 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 ledger-autosync using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ledger-autosync
How To Uninstall ledger-autosync on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ledger-autosync package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ledger-autosync
Uninstall ledger-autosync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ledger-autosync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledger-autosync
Remove ledger-autosync Configurations and Data
To remove ledger-autosync configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ledger-autosync
Remove ledger-autosync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ledger-autosync configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledger-autosync
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger-autosync package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
