How To Install tuxcmd-modules on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxcmd-modules on Ubuntu 18.04. tuxcmd-modules is VFS modules for tuxcmd file manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxcmd-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tuxcmd-modules

tuxcmd-modules is:

This package contains additional VFS modules for tuxcmd. It provides the modules for GVFS and zip plugins.

  • GVFS plugin: read/write access to network resources (FTP, SSH/SFTP, SMB, WebDAV)
  • zip plugin:
    • full read/write support for ZIP archives
    • full support for Unix file and directory permissions
    • password protection support (read/write)
  • libarchive plugin:
    • read-only support for tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, iso (CD images/ISO9660), cpio, ar and deb archives

There are three methods to install tuxcmd-modules 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 tuxcmd-modules Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tuxcmd-modules

Install tuxcmd-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuxcmd-modules

Install tuxcmd-modules 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 tuxcmd-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tuxcmd-modules

How To Uninstall tuxcmd-modules on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tuxcmd-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tuxcmd-modules

Uninstall tuxcmd-modules And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxcmd-modules

Remove tuxcmd-modules Configurations and Data

To remove tuxcmd-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tuxcmd-modules

Remove tuxcmd-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxcmd-modules

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Summary

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