How To Install libefreet1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libefreet1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libefreet1 is dummy transitional package to libefreet1a+libefreet-bin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libefreet1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libefreet1

libefreet1 is:

This is a dummy transitional package to allow transition to the Multi-Arch packages libefreet1a and libefreet-bin. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install libefreet1 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 libefreet1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libefreet1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libefreet1

Install libefreet1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libefreet1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libefreet1

Install libefreet1 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 libefreet1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libefreet1

How To Uninstall libefreet1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libefreet1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libefreet1

Uninstall libefreet1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libefreet1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libefreet1

Remove libefreet1 Configurations and Data

To remove libefreet1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libefreet1

Remove libefreet1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libefreet1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libefreet1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libefreet1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.