How To Install libcupt4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupt4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcupt4-2
libcupt4-2 is:
This is a Cupt library implementing high-level package manager for Debian and derivatives. It’s written with flexibility and reliability in mind and uses dpkg as the back-end.
Provides:
- parsing and manipulating configuration info;
- parsing indexes metadata info;
- version strings comparison;
- inspection of the binary and source package’ versions;
- parsing and querying info about installed packages;
- parsing and working with relations and relation expressions;
- download manager and downloaders for some schemes;
- problem resolver;
- worker for modifying system state.
See also description of ‘cupt’ package for more information.
There are three methods to install libcupt4-2 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 libcupt4-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupt4-2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcupt4-2
Install libcupt4-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupt4-2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcupt4-2
Install libcupt4-2 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 libcupt4-2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcupt4-2
How To Uninstall libcupt4-2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcupt4-2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcupt4-2
Uninstall libcupt4-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcupt4-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcupt4-2
Remove libcupt4-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcupt4-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcupt4-2
Remove libcupt4-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcupt4-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcupt4-2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupt4-2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
