How To Install signapk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install signapk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is signapk
signapk is:
signapk is a command line tool for signing ZIP files, including JARs, APKs, and Over-The-Air (OTA) updates, in a way compatible with Android’s mincrypt verifier, using EC or RSA keys and SHA1 or SHA-256. The tool can additionally sign APKs using APK Signature Scheme v2. It is the standard tool used to sign APK and JAR files distributed as part of Android ROMs.
There are three methods to install signapk 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 signapk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install signapk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install signapk
Install signapk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install signapk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install signapk
Install signapk 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 signapk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install signapk
How To Uninstall signapk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the signapk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove signapk
Uninstall signapk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall signapk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove signapk
Remove signapk Configurations and Data
To remove signapk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge signapk
Remove signapk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove signapk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge signapk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install signapk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
