How To Install wap-wml-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wap-wml-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wap-wml-tools
wap-wml-tools is:
wml-tools is a suite of small programs designed to help in the construction of WAP WML decks. The suite currently comprises: * wmlc - a WML bytecode compiler * wmld - a WML bytecode decompiler * wmlv - a very simple text-based WML deck viewer * wbmp2xpm - a WBMP to XPM converter * wmlhtml - a simple WML deck to HTML converter * rdfwml - an RDF channel to WML deck converter
There are three methods to install wap-wml-tools 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 wap-wml-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wap-wml-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wap-wml-tools
Install wap-wml-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wap-wml-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wap-wml-tools
Install wap-wml-tools 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 wap-wml-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wap-wml-tools
How To Uninstall wap-wml-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wap-wml-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wap-wml-tools
Uninstall wap-wml-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wap-wml-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wap-wml-tools
Remove wap-wml-tools Configurations and Data
To remove wap-wml-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wap-wml-tools
Remove wap-wml-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wap-wml-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wap-wml-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wap-wml-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
