How To Install minidisc-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minidisc-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is minidisc-utils
minidisc-utils is:
This package contains several utilities which allow one to access NetMD and HiMD devices through a command line interface. The utilities allow one to transfer tracks to and from NetMD and HiMD devices as well as erase tracks, display tracks and renaming tracks among other functions supported by libnetmd and libhimd libraries.
There are three methods to install minidisc-utils
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 minidisc-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minidisc-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minidisc-utils
Install minidisc-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minidisc-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minidisc-utils
Install minidisc-utils 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 minidisc-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minidisc-utils
How To Uninstall minidisc-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the minidisc-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minidisc-utils
Uninstall minidisc-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minidisc-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minidisc-utils
Remove minidisc-utils Configurations and Data
To remove minidisc-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minidisc-utils
Remove minidisc-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minidisc-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minidisc-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minidisc-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.