How To Install since on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install since on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is since
since is:
since is a tail(1) work-alike that remembers how much of a file you have viewed and displays only what’s new when you next view that file. Ideal for viewing log files (it’ll only show what’s new in the file since the last time it was run).
There are three methods to install since 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 since Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install since using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install since
Install since Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install since using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install since
Install since 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 since using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install since
How To Uninstall since on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the since package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove since
Uninstall since And Its Dependencies
To uninstall since and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove since
Remove since Configurations and Data
To remove since configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge since
Remove since configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove since configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge since
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install since package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
