How To Install nglister on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nglister on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nglister
nglister is:
NGLister is a simple program designed to download information from an NNTP server. It can download lists of newsgroups (active file), newgroup descriptions (newsgroups file), etc.
There are three methods to install nglister 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 nglister Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nglister using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nglister
Install nglister Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nglister using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nglister
Install nglister 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 nglister using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nglister
How To Uninstall nglister on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nglister package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nglister
Uninstall nglister And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nglister and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nglister
Remove nglister Configurations and Data
To remove nglister configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nglister
Remove nglister configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nglister configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nglister
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nglister package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
