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