How To Install unp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is unp
unp is:
unp is a small perl script which makes extraction of any archive files a bit easier. It support several compressors and archiver programs, chooses the right one(s) automatically and extracts one or more files in one go.
You may also want to install some non-free packages like “unace-nonfree”, “unrar-nonfree” and “lha” to extract archives of these types.
There are three methods to install unp 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 unp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unp
Install unp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unp
Install unp 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 unp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unp
How To Uninstall unp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the unp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unp
Uninstall unp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unp
Remove unp Configurations and Data
To remove unp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unp
Remove unp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
