How To Install pondus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pondus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pondus
pondus is:
Pondus keeps track of your body weight and, optionally, the percentage of bodyfat, muscle and water. It aims to be simple to use, lightweight and fast. All data can be plotted to get a quick overview of the history of your weight. A simple weight planner allows one to define “target weights” and this plan can be compared with the actual measurements in a plot.
There are three methods to install pondus 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 pondus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pondus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pondus
Install pondus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pondus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pondus
Install pondus 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 pondus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pondus
How To Uninstall pondus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pondus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pondus
Uninstall pondus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pondus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pondus
Remove pondus Configurations and Data
To remove pondus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pondus
Remove pondus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pondus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pondus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pondus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
