How To Install libwget0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwget0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwget0
libwget0 is:
GNU Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web using HTTP(S) and FTP, the two most widely used internet protocols. It works non-interactively, so it will work in the background, after having logged off. The program supports recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well as FTP sites – you can use Wget to make mirrors of archives and home pages or to travel the web like a WWW robot.
This is the library that provides the basic functions needed by a webclient.
There are three methods to install libwget0 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 libwget0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwget0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwget0
Install libwget0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwget0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwget0
Install libwget0 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 libwget0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwget0
How To Uninstall libwget0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwget0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwget0
Uninstall libwget0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwget0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwget0
Remove libwget0 Configurations and Data
To remove libwget0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwget0
Remove libwget0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwget0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwget0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwget0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
