How To Install pilot-link on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pilot-link on Ubuntu 18.04. pilot-link is tools to communicate with a PalmOS PDA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pilot-link on Ubuntu 18.04.

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.

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

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

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

To uninstall only the pilot-link package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pilot-link

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

To remove pilot-link configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pilot-link

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

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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.