How To Install smpq on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smpq on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smpq
smpq is:
SMPQ is StormLib MPQ archiving utility. This utility is designed for full manipulating with Blizzard MPQ archives. It supports extracting, appending, renaming and deleting files in MPQ archives. It also can create MPQ archive. SMPQ can access to different type of MPQ archives and version. It support encrypted, compressed, partial and patched MPQ archives with version 1-4. SMPQ is free opensource command line utility written in C/C++ which use multiplatform C++ StormLib library.
There are three methods to install smpq 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 smpq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smpq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smpq
Install smpq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smpq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smpq
Install smpq 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 smpq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smpq
How To Uninstall smpq on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smpq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smpq
Uninstall smpq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smpq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smpq
Remove smpq Configurations and Data
To remove smpq configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smpq
Remove smpq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smpq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smpq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smpq package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
