How To Install redland-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install redland-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. redland-utils is Redland Resource Description Framework (RDF) Utility programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install redland-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is redland-utils

redland-utils is:

This package provides the rdfproc utility for processing the Resource Description Framework (RDF) format using the Redland RDF library. It allows reading RDF from syntaxes, manipulating the RDF graph, querying using RDQL and SPARQL and serializing RDF into syntaxes in RDF/XML, N-Triples, Turtle and RSS 1.0.

There are three methods to install redland-utils 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 redland-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install redland-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install redland-utils

Install redland-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install redland-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install redland-utils

Install redland-utils 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 redland-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install redland-utils

How To Uninstall redland-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the redland-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove redland-utils

Uninstall redland-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall redland-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove redland-utils

Remove redland-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge redland-utils

Remove redland-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove redland-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge redland-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install redland-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.