How To Install med-dental on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-dental on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is med-dental
med-dental is:
This metapackage contains dependencies for a collection of software which might be helpful for dentists to manage their practice.
There are three methods to install med-dental 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 med-dental Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install med-dental using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install med-dental
Install med-dental Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install med-dental using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install med-dental
Install med-dental 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 med-dental using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install med-dental
How To Uninstall med-dental on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the med-dental package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove med-dental
Uninstall med-dental And Its Dependencies
To uninstall med-dental and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove med-dental
Remove med-dental Configurations and Data
To remove med-dental configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge med-dental
Remove med-dental configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove med-dental configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge med-dental
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-dental package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
