How To Install spotweb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spotweb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spotweb
spotweb is:
SpotWeb is a web-based version of the decentralized news-indexing system SpotNet, which fetches Usenet “spots” - postings that contain information about uploaded binaries. SpotWeb allows searching, filtering, and viewing of the spots and comments. It integrates with NZB downloaders such as NZBget and SABnzbd+ to download the binaries from Usenet.
There are three methods to install spotweb 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 spotweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spotweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spotweb
Install spotweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spotweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spotweb
Install spotweb 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 spotweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spotweb
How To Uninstall spotweb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spotweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spotweb
Uninstall spotweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spotweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spotweb
Remove spotweb Configurations and Data
To remove spotweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spotweb
Remove spotweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spotweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spotweb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spotweb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
