How To Install racket-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install racket-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is racket-common
racket-common is:
This package includes the architecture independent files for Racket (but not the documentation, see racket-doc for that).
There are three methods to install racket-common 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 racket-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install racket-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install racket-common
Install racket-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install racket-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install racket-common
Install racket-common 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 racket-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install racket-common
How To Uninstall racket-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the racket-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove racket-common
Uninstall racket-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall racket-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove racket-common
Remove racket-common Configurations and Data
To remove racket-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge racket-common
Remove racket-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove racket-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge racket-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install racket-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
