How To Install tardy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tardy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tardy
tardy is:
tardy alters the characteristics of files in a tar(1) archive. It can change the files’ owner, change the files’ group, add a prefix to the files’ paths, and change the files’ protections.
There are three methods to install tardy 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 tardy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tardy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tardy
Install tardy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tardy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tardy
Install tardy 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 tardy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tardy
How To Uninstall tardy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tardy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tardy
Uninstall tardy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tardy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tardy
Remove tardy Configurations and Data
To remove tardy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tardy
Remove tardy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tardy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tardy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tardy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
