How To Install ssft on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssft on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ssft
ssft is:
Shell function library useful to build shell script frontends.
The library defines a set of functions to display messages and read values from the user on X (using zenity or kdialog) or console (using dialog or plain text) and has been designed to be used by sourcing the library code from other scripts.
The library supports L10N if gettext.sh is installed.
There are three methods to install ssft 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 ssft Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssft
Install ssft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssft
Install ssft 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 ssft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssft
How To Uninstall ssft on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ssft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssft
Uninstall ssft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssft
Remove ssft Configurations and Data
To remove ssft configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssft
Remove ssft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssft
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssft package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
