How To Install tldr on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tldr
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tldr
tldr is:
Haskell tldr client with support for updating and viewing tldr pages.
The TLDR pages are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples. See https://tldr.sh/
There are three methods to install tldr
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tldr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tldr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tldr
Install tldr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tldr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tldr
Install tldr 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 tldr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tldr
How To Uninstall tldr on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tldr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tldr
Uninstall tldr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tldr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tldr
Remove tldr Configurations and Data
To remove tldr
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tldr
Remove tldr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tldr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tldr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tldr
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.