How To Install sm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sm
sm is:
Screen Message will display a given multi-line message as large as possible, fullscreen and black on white. You can specify the text either when launching sm, or edit it while the program is running.
It is useful to send messages across a room, e.g. during an university lecture. For fast startup, it is recommended to bind it to a key in your Desktop Environment.
There are three methods to install sm
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sm
Install sm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sm
Install sm 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 sm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sm
How To Uninstall sm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sm
Uninstall sm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sm
Remove sm Configurations and Data
To remove sm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sm
Remove sm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.