How To Install sharutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sharutils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sharutils
sharutils is:
shar' makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing them for transmission by electronic mail services.
unshar’ helps unpacking shell archives after reception. Other related utility programs help with other tasks.
uuencode' prepares a file for transmission over an electronic channel which ignores or otherwise mangles the eight bit (high order bit) of bytes.
uudecode’ does the converse transformation.
There are three methods to install sharutils
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sharutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sharutils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sharutils
Install sharutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sharutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sharutils
Install sharutils 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 sharutils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sharutils
How To Uninstall sharutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sharutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sharutils
Uninstall sharutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sharutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sharutils
Remove sharutils Configurations and Data
To remove sharutils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sharutils
Remove sharutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sharutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sharutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sharutils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.