How To Install unace on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unace
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is unace
unace is:
The unace utility is used for extracting, testing and viewing the contents of archives created with the ACE archiver.
There are three methods to install unace
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 unace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unace
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unace
Install unace Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unace
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unace
Install unace 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 unace
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unace
How To Uninstall unace on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the unace
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unace
Uninstall unace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unace
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unace
Remove unace Configurations and Data
To remove unace
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unace
Remove unace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unace
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unace
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.