How To Install search-ccsb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install search-ccsb on Ubuntu 18.04. search-ccsb is BibTeX search tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install search-ccsb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is search-ccsb

search-ccsb is:

Search-ccsb is a Perl script that connects to “The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies”[1], and performs a keyword search query. The result is a set of BibTeX entries that matches the query.

  1. http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html

If you use some emacsen application, this package will install the search-ccsb.el script on it.

There are three methods to install search-ccsb 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 search-ccsb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install search-ccsb

Install search-ccsb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install search-ccsb

Install search-ccsb 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 search-ccsb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install search-ccsb

How To Uninstall search-ccsb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the search-ccsb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove search-ccsb

Uninstall search-ccsb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove search-ccsb

Remove search-ccsb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge search-ccsb

Remove search-ccsb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge search-ccsb

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Summary

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