How To Install muon-discover on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install muon-discover on Ubuntu 18.04. muon-discover is Transitional package (muon-discover -> plasma-discover)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muon-discover on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is muon-discover

muon-discover is:

This is a transitional package for plasma-discover and can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install muon-discover 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 muon-discover Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install muon-discover using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install muon-discover

Install muon-discover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install muon-discover using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install muon-discover

Install muon-discover 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 muon-discover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muon-discover

How To Uninstall muon-discover on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the muon-discover package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove muon-discover

Uninstall muon-discover And Its Dependencies

To uninstall muon-discover and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muon-discover

Remove muon-discover Configurations and Data

To remove muon-discover configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muon-discover

Remove muon-discover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove muon-discover configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muon-discover

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install muon-discover package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.