How To Install slrn on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is slrn
slrn is:
Slrn is a threaded news reader with color support that is designed to read news fast over slow links.
Slrn can read usenet news via NNTP or directly from a local news spool.
Slrn can be heavily customized from its rc file, and even includes a built in macro language. There is also support for killfiles and article scoring.
There are three methods to install slrn
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install slrn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slrn
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slrn
Install slrn Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slrn
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slrn
Install slrn 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 slrn
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slrn
How To Uninstall slrn on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the slrn
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slrn
Uninstall slrn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slrn
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slrn
Remove slrn Configurations and Data
To remove slrn
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slrn
Remove slrn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slrn
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slrn
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.