How To Install session-migration on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install session-migration on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is session-migration
session-migration is:
This tool is used to migrate in session user data when a program is evolving its configuration, or needing to have files moved and so on.
This program is generally autostarted at the very beginning of the session and integrates caching capability.
There are three methods to install session-migration 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 session-migration Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install session-migration using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install session-migration
Install session-migration Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install session-migration using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install session-migration
Install session-migration 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 session-migration using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install session-migration
How To Uninstall session-migration on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the session-migration package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove session-migration
Uninstall session-migration And Its Dependencies
To uninstall session-migration and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove session-migration
Remove session-migration Configurations and Data
To remove session-migration configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge session-migration
Remove session-migration configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove session-migration configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge session-migration
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install session-migration package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
