How To Install similarity-tester on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install similarity-tester on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is similarity-tester
similarity-tester is:
Find lexical similarities in texts in C, C++, Java, Pascal, Modula-2, Lisp, Miranda and natural language. This can be used to detect potentially duplicated code fragments in large software projects and to detect plagiarism in software and text-based projects, educational and otherwise.
There are three methods to install similarity-tester 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 similarity-tester Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install similarity-tester using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install similarity-tester
Install similarity-tester Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install similarity-tester using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install similarity-tester
Install similarity-tester 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 similarity-tester using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install similarity-tester
How To Uninstall similarity-tester on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the similarity-tester package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove similarity-tester
Uninstall similarity-tester And Its Dependencies
To uninstall similarity-tester and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove similarity-tester
Remove similarity-tester Configurations and Data
To remove similarity-tester configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge similarity-tester
Remove similarity-tester configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove similarity-tester configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge similarity-tester
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install similarity-tester package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
