How To Install nsis-pluginapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis-pluginapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nsis-pluginapi
nsis-pluginapi is:
NSIS is a tool for creating quick and user friendly installers for Microsoft Windows (Win32) operating systems.
This package contains the header and library files for developing NSIS plugins.
There are three methods to install nsis-pluginapi 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 nsis-pluginapi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsis-pluginapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsis-pluginapi
Install nsis-pluginapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsis-pluginapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsis-pluginapi
Install nsis-pluginapi 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 nsis-pluginapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsis-pluginapi
How To Uninstall nsis-pluginapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nsis-pluginapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsis-pluginapi
Uninstall nsis-pluginapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsis-pluginapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsis-pluginapi
Remove nsis-pluginapi Configurations and Data
To remove nsis-pluginapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsis-pluginapi
Remove nsis-pluginapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsis-pluginapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsis-pluginapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis-pluginapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
