How To Install nvchecker on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvchecker
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvchecker
nvchecker is:
nvchecker (short for new version checker) is for checking if a new version of some software has been released.
There are three methods to install nvchecker
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 nvchecker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvchecker
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvchecker
Install nvchecker Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvchecker
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvchecker
Install nvchecker 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 nvchecker
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvchecker
How To Uninstall nvchecker on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvchecker
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvchecker
Uninstall nvchecker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvchecker
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvchecker
Remove nvchecker Configurations and Data
To remove nvchecker
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvchecker
Remove nvchecker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvchecker
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvchecker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvchecker
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.