How To Install pilot-link on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pilot-link
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pilot-link
pilot-link is:
The package contains many command line programs to manipulate databases stored on a PalmOS PDA. For example pilot-xfer can be used to backup, sync, and restore databases.
There are three methods to install pilot-link
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 pilot-link Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pilot-link
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pilot-link
Install pilot-link Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pilot-link
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pilot-link
Install pilot-link 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 pilot-link
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pilot-link
How To Uninstall pilot-link on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pilot-link
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pilot-link
Uninstall pilot-link And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pilot-link
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pilot-link
Remove pilot-link Configurations and Data
To remove pilot-link
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pilot-link
Remove pilot-link configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pilot-link
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pilot-link
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pilot-link
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.