How To Install uudeview on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uudeview on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is uudeview
uudeview is:
This is a command-line decoder and encoder for files encoded with the following formats: uuencode, xxencode, BASE64, yEncoding, quoted printable, and BinHex.
This package used to contain an X11-based GUI decoder called xdeview. That program is now in the xdeview package.
There are three methods to install uudeview 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 uudeview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uudeview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uudeview
Install uudeview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uudeview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uudeview
Install uudeview 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 uudeview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uudeview
How To Uninstall uudeview on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the uudeview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uudeview
Uninstall uudeview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uudeview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uudeview
Remove uudeview Configurations and Data
To remove uudeview configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uudeview
Remove uudeview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uudeview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uudeview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uudeview package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
