How To Install owncloud-client-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install owncloud-client-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is owncloud-client-cmd
owncloud-client-cmd is:
The ownCloudSync system lets you always have your latest files wherever you are. Just specify one or more folders on the local machine to and a server to synchronize to. You can configure more computers to synchronize to the same server and any change to the files on one computer will silently and reliably flow across to every other.
This package provides the command line client specialising in synchronizing with cloud storage provided by ownCloud.
There are three methods to install owncloud-client-cmd 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 owncloud-client-cmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install owncloud-client-cmd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install owncloud-client-cmd
Install owncloud-client-cmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install owncloud-client-cmd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install owncloud-client-cmd
Install owncloud-client-cmd 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 owncloud-client-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install owncloud-client-cmd
How To Uninstall owncloud-client-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the owncloud-client-cmd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove owncloud-client-cmd
Uninstall owncloud-client-cmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall owncloud-client-cmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove owncloud-client-cmd
Remove owncloud-client-cmd Configurations and Data
To remove owncloud-client-cmd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge owncloud-client-cmd
Remove owncloud-client-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove owncloud-client-cmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owncloud-client-cmd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install owncloud-client-cmd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
