How To Install lottanzb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lottanzb on Ubuntu 18.04. lottanzb is simple and automated Usenet downloader for Newzbin (NZB) files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lottanzb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lottanzb

lottanzb is:

LottaNZB aims to simplify and automate the download of files from the Usenet. You can tell LottaNZB what to download using NZB files, which are created by many Usenet search engines. LottaNZB integrates nicely with GNOME desktops, but is not limited to them and uses the mature SABnzbd software as its foundation.

There are three methods to install lottanzb 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 lottanzb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lottanzb

Install lottanzb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lottanzb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lottanzb

Install lottanzb 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 lottanzb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lottanzb

How To Uninstall lottanzb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lottanzb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lottanzb

Uninstall lottanzb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lottanzb

Remove lottanzb Configurations and Data

To remove lottanzb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lottanzb

Remove lottanzb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lottanzb

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Summary

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