How To Install snarf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snarf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is snarf
snarf is:
Snarf is a utility to retrieve files via the http and ftp protocols. It supports http redirect, http and ftp resume, http and ftp authentication, and other neat things. Its functionality is similar to that of wget, but with a much smaller binary.
There are three methods to install snarf
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 snarf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snarf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snarf
Install snarf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snarf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snarf
Install snarf 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 snarf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snarf
How To Uninstall snarf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the snarf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snarf
Uninstall snarf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snarf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snarf
Remove snarf Configurations and Data
To remove snarf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snarf
Remove snarf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snarf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snarf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snarf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.