How To Install vizigrep on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vizigrep on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vizigrep
vizigrep is:
Vizigrep is a graphical user interface for performing fast and powerful searches inside a group of files. Simply tell Vizigrep which folder you want to search and what you want to search for and it will quickly find all occurrences of your search string within the files and folders you have selected. The search results are annotated to show you the lines containing your search term and color coding is used to help you quickly lock your eyes on to what you are searching for. If simple search strings are not powerful enough Vizigrep also understands regular expressions.
There are three methods to install vizigrep 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 vizigrep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vizigrep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vizigrep
Install vizigrep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vizigrep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vizigrep
Install vizigrep 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 vizigrep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vizigrep
How To Uninstall vizigrep on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vizigrep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vizigrep
Uninstall vizigrep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vizigrep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vizigrep
Remove vizigrep Configurations and Data
To remove vizigrep configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vizigrep
Remove vizigrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vizigrep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vizigrep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vizigrep package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
