How To Install vile-filters on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vile-filters on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vile-filters
vile-filters is:
Text highlighting filters for various languages and file formats for the vile and xvile editors.
There are three methods to install vile-filters 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 vile-filters Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vile-filters using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vile-filters
Install vile-filters Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vile-filters using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vile-filters
Install vile-filters 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 vile-filters using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vile-filters
How To Uninstall vile-filters on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vile-filters package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vile-filters
Uninstall vile-filters And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vile-filters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vile-filters
Remove vile-filters Configurations and Data
To remove vile-filters configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vile-filters
Remove vile-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vile-filters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vile-filters
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vile-filters package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
