How To Install vcheck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcheck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vcheck
vcheck is:
This is a tool for checking for latest versions of programs at HTTP and FTP locations given a list of URLs and (Perl-style) regular expressions to match, and to optionally download them automatically.
There are three methods to install vcheck 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 vcheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vcheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vcheck
Install vcheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vcheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vcheck
Install vcheck 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 vcheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vcheck
How To Uninstall vcheck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vcheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vcheck
Uninstall vcheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vcheck
Remove vcheck Configurations and Data
To remove vcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vcheck
Remove vcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vcheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcheck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
