How To Install search-citeseer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is search-citeseer

search-citeseer is:

Search-Citeseer is a Perl script that connects to Citeseer (http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/), and performs a keyword search query. The result is a set of BibTeX entries that matches the query.

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

There are three methods to install search-citeseer 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-citeseer 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-citeseer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install search-citeseer

Install search-citeseer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install search-citeseer

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

sudo aptitude -y install search-citeseer

How To Uninstall search-citeseer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove search-citeseer

Uninstall search-citeseer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove search-citeseer

Remove search-citeseer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge search-citeseer

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

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

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

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Summary

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