How To Install libmsiecf-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsiecf-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmsiecf-utils
libmsiecf-utils is:
libmsiecf is a library to access the Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Cache File (index.dat) files.
This package contains tools to access data stored in index.dat files: msiecfexport, msiecfinfo.
There are three methods to install libmsiecf-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmsiecf-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 libmsiecf-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsiecf-utils
Install libmsiecf-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsiecf-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsiecf-utils
Install libmsiecf-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 libmsiecf-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsiecf-utils
How To Uninstall libmsiecf-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmsiecf-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsiecf-utils
Uninstall libmsiecf-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsiecf-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsiecf-utils
Remove libmsiecf-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libmsiecf-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsiecf-utils
Remove libmsiecf-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsiecf-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsiecf-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsiecf-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.