How To Install libscca-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscca-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. libscca-utils is Windows Prefetch File access library – Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscca-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libscca-utils

libscca-utils is:

libscca is a library to access the Windows Prefetch File (SCCA) format.

This package contains a tool to display information about a PF file.

There are three methods to install libscca-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 libscca-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 libscca-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscca-utils

Install libscca-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libscca-utils

Install libscca-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 libscca-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscca-utils

How To Uninstall libscca-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libscca-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscca-utils

Uninstall libscca-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscca-utils

Remove libscca-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libscca-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscca-utils

Remove libscca-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscca-utils

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Summary

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