How To Install plowshare-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plowshare-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plowshare-modules
plowshare-modules is:
Plowshare is a framework for interacting with file sharing websites, providing an API to perform tasks like uploading and downloading files, and displaying CAPTCHAs to solve or sending them to CAPTCHA web services.
This package provides the drivers (called ‘modules’) for file sharing websites. Because these depend on (often undocumented) rapidly changing external web APIs, you may wish to manually update a copy in your home directory instead of or as well as using the versions in this package.
Supported sites include: 115 (no upload, probe), 180upload, 1fichier, 2shared, 4share.vn, 4shared, anonfiles, bayfiles, bayimg, bigfile, billionuploads, bitshare, catshare (no upload), chomikuj, crocko, data.hu (no probe), datafile (no upload), dataport.cz (no probe), depositfiles, directmirror (no download, probe), divshare, dl.free.fr, embedupload (no download, upload, probe), espafiles (no upload), euroshare.eu, exoshare (no download, probe), faststore (no upload), fboom.me (no upload), filebin.ca, filecloud, filecore (no upload), filedais (no upload), filefactory, filejoker (no upload), filemonkey (no download, probe), fileover (no upload), fileparadox (no download, probe), filepost, filepup.net (no upload), filer.net (no upload), fileshark (no upload), firedrive (no upload), flashx (no upload), freakshare, fshare.vn, gamefront, ge.tt, gfile.ru, go4up (no download, probe), hdstream.to, hexupload (no upload), hipfile, hotlink.cc (no upload), jheberg (no download), keep2share, letitbit, lunaticfiles (no upload), mediafire, megashares, mirrorcreator (no download, probe), mirrorupload (no download, probe), multiup.org (no download), multiupload (no probe), myvdrive, nakido (no upload), netkups, netload.in, nitroflare (no upload), nowdownload.co, oboom, openload, pastebin (no download, upload, probe), prefiles (no upload), promptfile (no upload), rapidgator, rapidu (no upload), rghost, rockfile.eu (no download, probe), ryushare, salefiles (no upload), sendspace, sharebeast, sharehost (no upload), shareonline.biz, sockshare, solidfiles, tempsend, tempshare (no upload), tezfiles (no upload), thefilebay, turbobit, uloz.to (no upload), ultramegabit, uplea (no upload), upload.cd (no upload), uploadboy (no upload), uploading, uploaded.net, uploadrocket, upstore, uptobox, videowood.tv (no download, probe), vidzi.tv (no download, probe), vid.ag (no download, probe), yourvideohost (no upload), zalaa, ziddu, zippyshare.
There are three methods to install plowshare-modules 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 plowshare-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plowshare-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plowshare-modules
Install plowshare-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plowshare-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plowshare-modules
Install plowshare-modules 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 plowshare-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plowshare-modules
How To Uninstall plowshare-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plowshare-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plowshare-modules
Uninstall plowshare-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plowshare-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plowshare-modules
Remove plowshare-modules Configurations and Data
To remove plowshare-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plowshare-modules
Remove plowshare-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plowshare-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plowshare-modules
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plowshare-modules package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
