How To Install reformat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reformat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is reformat
reformat is:
reformat reads plain ascii texts from stdin, reformats them and then writes the result to stdout.
Reformatting can be: o justify text o add a left margin o ‘resize’ text to a special width o …
There are three methods to install reformat 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 reformat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reformat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reformat
Install reformat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reformat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reformat
Install reformat 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 reformat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reformat
How To Uninstall reformat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the reformat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reformat
Uninstall reformat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reformat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reformat
Remove reformat Configurations and Data
To remove reformat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reformat
Remove reformat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reformat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reformat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reformat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
