How To Install peek on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install peek
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is peek
peek is:
Peek is a simple screen recorder. It is optimized for generating animated GIFs but you can also directly record to WebM or MP4 if you prefer.
There are three methods to install peek
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 peek Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install peek
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install peek
Install peek Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install peek
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install peek
Install peek 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 peek
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install peek
How To Uninstall peek on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the peek
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove peek
Uninstall peek And Its Dependencies
To uninstall peek
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove peek
Remove peek Configurations and Data
To remove peek
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge peek
Remove peek configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove peek
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge peek
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install peek
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.