How To Install micro on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install micro
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is micro
micro is:
micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.
As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use.
There are three methods to install micro
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install micro Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install micro
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install micro
Install micro Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install micro
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install micro
Install micro 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 micro
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install micro
How To Uninstall micro on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the micro
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove micro
Uninstall micro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall micro
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove micro
Remove micro Configurations and Data
To remove micro
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge micro
Remove micro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove micro
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge micro
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install micro
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.