How To Install rexima on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rexima on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rexima
rexima is:
rexima is ‘a mixer’ spelled backwards. A humble command-line/ncurses mixer which is easy to use and can modify mixer settings non-interactively in shell scripts (for example).
There are three methods to install rexima 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 rexima Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rexima using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rexima
Install rexima Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rexima using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rexima
Install rexima 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 rexima using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rexima
How To Uninstall rexima on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rexima package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rexima
Uninstall rexima And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rexima and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rexima
Remove rexima Configurations and Data
To remove rexima configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rexima
Remove rexima configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rexima configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rexima
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rexima package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
