How To Install tango-test on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-test on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tango-test
tango-test is:
TANGO is an object oriented distributed control system. It allows communication between TANGO device processes running on the same computer or distributed over the network. These processes can provide services to the control system all over the network, such as hardware control or data processing.
This package provides a TANGO device which implements all TANGO attribute types, and can be used for testing the installation.
There are three methods to install tango-test 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 tango-test Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tango-test using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tango-test
Install tango-test Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tango-test using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tango-test
Install tango-test 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 tango-test using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tango-test
How To Uninstall tango-test on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tango-test package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tango-test
Uninstall tango-test And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tango-test and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tango-test
Remove tango-test Configurations and Data
To remove tango-test configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tango-test
Remove tango-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tango-test configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tango-test
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-test package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
