How To Install motd-news-config on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install motd-news-config on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is motd-news-config
motd-news-config is:
This package contains the configuration read by the motd-news script shipped in the base-files package.
Install this package if you want motd-news to be enabled.
There are three methods to install motd-news-config 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 motd-news-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install motd-news-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install motd-news-config
Install motd-news-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install motd-news-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install motd-news-config
Install motd-news-config 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 motd-news-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install motd-news-config
How To Uninstall motd-news-config on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the motd-news-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove motd-news-config
Uninstall motd-news-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall motd-news-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove motd-news-config
Remove motd-news-config Configurations and Data
To remove motd-news-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge motd-news-config
Remove motd-news-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove motd-news-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge motd-news-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install motd-news-config package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
