How To Install tmpl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmpl on Ubuntu 18.04. tmpl is Command line interface to Gos text/template library - CLI utility

Introduction

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

What is tmpl

tmpl is:

This program is a command line interface to Go’s text/template library. It can be used by passing in a set of JSON-encoded data and a list of template paths ending in a .tmpl extension. The templates are processed and their results are saved to the filename with the .tmpl extension removed.

This package contains the command line interface utility.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmpl

Install tmpl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tmpl

Install tmpl 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 tmpl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tmpl

How To Uninstall tmpl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove tmpl

Uninstall tmpl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmpl

Remove tmpl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tmpl

Remove tmpl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmpl

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Summary

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