How To Install urlview on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlview on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is urlview
urlview is:
This utility is used to extract URL from text files, especially from mail messages in order to launch some browser to view them. This used to be a part of mutt but has now become an independent tool.
There are three methods to install urlview 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 urlview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install urlview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urlview
Install urlview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install urlview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urlview
Install urlview 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 urlview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urlview
How To Uninstall urlview on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the urlview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urlview
Uninstall urlview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urlview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urlview
Remove urlview Configurations and Data
To remove urlview configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urlview
Remove urlview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urlview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urlview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlview package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
