How To Install snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is snapcraft-examples
snapcraft-examples is:
Snapcraft aims to make upstream developers’ lives easier and as such is not a single toolset, but instead is a collection of tools that enable the natural workflow of an upstream to be extended with a simple release step into Snappy.
This package contains examples and demos for snapcraft.
There are three methods to install snapcraft-examples 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 snapcraft-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snapcraft-examples
Install snapcraft-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snapcraft-examples
Install snapcraft-examples 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 snapcraft-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snapcraft-examples
How To Uninstall snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the snapcraft-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snapcraft-examples
Uninstall snapcraft-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snapcraft-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapcraft-examples
Remove snapcraft-examples Configurations and Data
To remove snapcraft-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snapcraft-examples
Remove snapcraft-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snapcraft-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snapcraft-examples
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
