How To Install onedrive on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install onedrive on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is onedrive
onedrive is:
OneDrive is the cloud storage system of Microsoft. This package provides the command line client specialising in synchronizing with OneDrive cloud storage.
There are three methods to install onedrive 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 onedrive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install onedrive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install onedrive
Install onedrive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install onedrive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install onedrive
Install onedrive 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 onedrive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install onedrive
How To Uninstall onedrive on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the onedrive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove onedrive
Uninstall onedrive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall onedrive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove onedrive
Remove onedrive Configurations and Data
To remove onedrive configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge onedrive
Remove onedrive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove onedrive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge onedrive
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install onedrive package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.