How To Install slrnface on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrnface on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is slrnface
slrnface is:
The slrnface helper utility can be used from the slrn and the tin news reader to show X-Faces in Usenet articles when they are run from an X11 terminal emulator. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line.
There are three methods to install slrnface 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 slrnface Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slrnface using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slrnface
Install slrnface Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slrnface using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slrnface
Install slrnface 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 slrnface using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slrnface
How To Uninstall slrnface on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the slrnface package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slrnface
Uninstall slrnface And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slrnface and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slrnface
Remove slrnface Configurations and Data
To remove slrnface configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slrnface
Remove slrnface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slrnface configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slrnface
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrnface package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.