How To Install visual-regexp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install visual-regexp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is visual-regexp
visual-regexp is:
This Tcl script shows the result of running a regular expression, making debugging relatively easy. It also assists in the construction of regular expressions.
There are three methods to install visual-regexp 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 visual-regexp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install visual-regexp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install visual-regexp
Install visual-regexp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install visual-regexp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install visual-regexp
Install visual-regexp 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 visual-regexp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install visual-regexp
How To Uninstall visual-regexp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the visual-regexp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove visual-regexp
Uninstall visual-regexp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall visual-regexp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove visual-regexp
Remove visual-regexp Configurations and Data
To remove visual-regexp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge visual-regexp
Remove visual-regexp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove visual-regexp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge visual-regexp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install visual-regexp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
