How To Install regexxer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install regexxer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is regexxer
regexxer is:
Regexxer is a nifty GUI search/replace tool featuring Perl-style regular expressions (PCRE - Perl Regex). If you need project-wide substitution and you’re tired of hacking sed command lines together, then you should definitely give it a try.
The tool can be used to search files or contents inside of a file.
There are three methods to install regexxer 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 regexxer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install regexxer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install regexxer
Install regexxer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install regexxer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install regexxer
Install regexxer 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 regexxer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install regexxer
How To Uninstall regexxer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the regexxer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove regexxer
Uninstall regexxer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall regexxer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove regexxer
Remove regexxer Configurations and Data
To remove regexxer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge regexxer
Remove regexxer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove regexxer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge regexxer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install regexxer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
