How To Install opentmpfiles on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opentmpfiles on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is opentmpfiles
opentmpfiles is:
This is a standalone utility written to process systemd-style tmpfiles.d files so that they can be handled on systems with or without systemd installed.
There are three methods to install opentmpfiles 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 opentmpfiles Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opentmpfiles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opentmpfiles
Install opentmpfiles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opentmpfiles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opentmpfiles
Install opentmpfiles 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 opentmpfiles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opentmpfiles
How To Uninstall opentmpfiles on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the opentmpfiles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opentmpfiles
Uninstall opentmpfiles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opentmpfiles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opentmpfiles
Remove opentmpfiles Configurations and Data
To remove opentmpfiles configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opentmpfiles
Remove opentmpfiles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opentmpfiles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opentmpfiles
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opentmpfiles package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.