How To Install rename on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rename on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rename
rename is:
This package provides both a perl interface for renaming files (File::Rename) and a command line tool ‘rename’ which is intended to replace the version currently supplied by the perl package.
There are three methods to install rename 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 rename Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rename using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rename
Install rename Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rename using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rename
Install rename 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 rename using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rename
How To Uninstall rename on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rename package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rename
Uninstall rename And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rename and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rename
Remove rename Configurations and Data
To remove rename configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rename
Remove rename configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rename configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rename
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rename package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
