How To Install liblnk-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblnk-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblnk-utils
liblnk-utils is:
liblnk is a library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format.
This package contains lnkinfo, a tool to determine information about a Windows Shortcut File.
There are three methods to install liblnk-utils 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 liblnk-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblnk-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblnk-utils
Install liblnk-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblnk-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblnk-utils
Install liblnk-utils 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 liblnk-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblnk-utils
How To Uninstall liblnk-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblnk-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblnk-utils
Uninstall liblnk-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblnk-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblnk-utils
Remove liblnk-utils Configurations and Data
To remove liblnk-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblnk-utils
Remove liblnk-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblnk-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblnk-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblnk-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
