How To Install thawab on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install thawab on Ubuntu 18.04. thawab is Arabic/Islamic encyclopedia system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thawab on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is thawab

thawab is:

Thwab is an Islamic literature library which features:

  • Can import books from Shamela library
  • Several books can be searched and viewed simultaneously
  • Web interface

This package does not contain any book, you may get .bok books distributed with Shamela (free Islamic library) from: http://www.shamela.ws

There are three methods to install thawab 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 thawab Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install thawab using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install thawab

Install thawab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thawab using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thawab

Install thawab 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 thawab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thawab

How To Uninstall thawab on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the thawab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thawab

Uninstall thawab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall thawab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thawab

Remove thawab Configurations and Data

To remove thawab configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thawab

Remove thawab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove thawab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thawab

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install thawab package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.