How To Install tmuxinator on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmuxinator on Ubuntu 18.04. tmuxinator is Create and manage tmux sessions easily

Introduction

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

What is tmuxinator

tmuxinator is:

Tmuxinator is management tool of tmux sessions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmuxinator

Install tmuxinator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tmuxinator

Install tmuxinator 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 tmuxinator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tmuxinator

How To Uninstall tmuxinator on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove tmuxinator

Uninstall tmuxinator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmuxinator

Remove tmuxinator Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tmuxinator

Remove tmuxinator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmuxinator

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Summary

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