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