How To Install namecheap on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install namecheap on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is namecheap
namecheap is:
This package provides a command line tool which supports registering a domain, checking domain name availability, listing registered domains, getting contact information for a domain, setting DNS info to default values and setting DNS host records.
This package installs the CLI tool for Python 2.
There are three methods to install namecheap 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 namecheap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install namecheap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install namecheap
Install namecheap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install namecheap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install namecheap
Install namecheap 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 namecheap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install namecheap
How To Uninstall namecheap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the namecheap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove namecheap
Uninstall namecheap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall namecheap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove namecheap
Remove namecheap Configurations and Data
To remove namecheap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge namecheap
Remove namecheap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove namecheap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge namecheap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install namecheap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.