How To Install nux-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nux-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nux-tools
nux-tools is:
Nux is a graphical user interface toolkit for applications that mixes opengl hardware acceleration with high quality visual rendering.
This package contains various tools for nux
There are three methods to install nux-tools 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 nux-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nux-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nux-tools
Install nux-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nux-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nux-tools
Install nux-tools 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 nux-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nux-tools
How To Uninstall nux-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nux-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nux-tools
Uninstall nux-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nux-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nux-tools
Remove nux-tools Configurations and Data
To remove nux-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nux-tools
Remove nux-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nux-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nux-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nux-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
