How To Install what-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install what-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is what-utils
what-utils is:
- what-provides - what package provides some file or executable
- what-repo - what repository provides some package
- what-source - what source package provides some binary package
There are three methods to install what-utils 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 what-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install what-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install what-utils
Install what-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install what-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install what-utils
Install what-utils 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 what-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install what-utils
How To Uninstall what-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the what-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove what-utils
Uninstall what-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall what-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove what-utils
Remove what-utils Configurations and Data
To remove what-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge what-utils
Remove what-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove what-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge what-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install what-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
