How To Install probert on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install probert
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is probert
probert is:
This package provides a tool for probing host hardware information and emitting a JSON report.
There are three methods to install probert
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 probert Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install probert
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install probert
Install probert Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install probert
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install probert
Install probert 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 probert
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install probert
How To Uninstall probert on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the probert
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove probert
Uninstall probert And Its Dependencies
To uninstall probert
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove probert
Remove probert Configurations and Data
To remove probert
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge probert
Remove probert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove probert
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge probert
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install probert
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.