How To Install ticker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ticker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ticker
ticker is:
Ticker is a simple program to scroll text across a line of the display, in a manner similar to a stock ticker. In fact, since ticker supports communicating with a program that changes the text periodically, it could be used to implement a stock ticker.
There are three methods to install ticker 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 ticker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ticker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ticker
Install ticker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ticker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ticker
Install ticker 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 ticker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ticker
How To Uninstall ticker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ticker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ticker
Uninstall ticker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ticker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ticker
Remove ticker Configurations and Data
To remove ticker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ticker
Remove ticker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ticker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ticker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ticker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
