How To Install tuxcmd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxcmd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tuxcmd
tuxcmd is:
Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.
General features:
- Two directory panels side by side (vertical)
- Tabbed interface, buttons for quick access to favorite places
- Configurable mounter bar for quick access to removable media and network shares
- Multilingual user interface
- Extendable via plugin system
- Extension-based file type actions (associations)
There are three methods to install tuxcmd
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 tuxcmd 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tuxcmd
Install tuxcmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxcmd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tuxcmd
Install tuxcmd 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tuxcmd
How To Uninstall tuxcmd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tuxcmd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tuxcmd
Uninstall tuxcmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tuxcmd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxcmd
Remove tuxcmd Configurations and Data
To remove tuxcmd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tuxcmd
Remove tuxcmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tuxcmd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxcmd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxcmd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.