How To Install vdr-plugin-weather on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-weather on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdr-plugin-weather
vdr-plugin-weather is:
Displays the current weather conditions for a selected location. It gets the METAR data from ftp://weather.noaa.gov.
There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-weather 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 vdr-plugin-weather Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-weather using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-weather
Install vdr-plugin-weather Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-weather using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-weather
Install vdr-plugin-weather 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 vdr-plugin-weather using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-weather
How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-weather on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-weather package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-weather
Uninstall vdr-plugin-weather And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdr-plugin-weather and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-weather
Remove vdr-plugin-weather Configurations and Data
To remove vdr-plugin-weather configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-weather
Remove vdr-plugin-weather configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-weather configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-weather
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-weather package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
