How To Install timelimit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install timelimit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is timelimit
timelimit is:
The timelimit utility executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal. A “warning” signal is sent first, then, after a timeout, a “kill” signal, similar to the way init(8) operates on shutdown.
There are three methods to install timelimit 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 timelimit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install timelimit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install timelimit
Install timelimit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install timelimit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install timelimit
Install timelimit 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 timelimit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install timelimit
How To Uninstall timelimit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the timelimit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove timelimit
Uninstall timelimit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall timelimit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove timelimit
Remove timelimit Configurations and Data
To remove timelimit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge timelimit
Remove timelimit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove timelimit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge timelimit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install timelimit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
