How To Install libutempter0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libutempter0
libutempter0 is:
The libutempter library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.
The utempter is a privileged helper used by libutempter library to manipulate utmp and wtmp files.
There are three methods to install libutempter0 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 libutempter0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libutempter0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libutempter0
Install libutempter0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libutempter0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libutempter0
Install libutempter0 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 libutempter0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libutempter0
How To Uninstall libutempter0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libutempter0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libutempter0
Uninstall libutempter0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libutempter0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libutempter0
Remove libutempter0 Configurations and Data
To remove libutempter0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libutempter0
Remove libutempter0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libutempter0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libutempter0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
