How To Install libtickit2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtickit2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libtickit2
libtickit2 is:
This library provides an abstracted mechanism for building interactive full-screen terminal programs. It provides a full set of output drawing functions, and handles keyboard and mouse input events.
There are three methods to install libtickit2 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 libtickit2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtickit2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtickit2
Install libtickit2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtickit2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtickit2
Install libtickit2 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 libtickit2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtickit2
How To Uninstall libtickit2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libtickit2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtickit2
Uninstall libtickit2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtickit2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtickit2
Remove libtickit2 Configurations and Data
To remove libtickit2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtickit2
Remove libtickit2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtickit2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtickit2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtickit2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.