How To Install whatmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whatmaps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is whatmaps
whatmaps is:
After package upgrades (especially security fixes), services using a shared library need to be restarted to make use of the updated version.
Whatmaps looks for shared objects provided by upgraded packages, lists any running processes that map them, and can integrate with APT to restart services as needed after security upgrades.
There are three methods to install whatmaps 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 whatmaps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install whatmaps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install whatmaps
Install whatmaps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install whatmaps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install whatmaps
Install whatmaps 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 whatmaps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install whatmaps
How To Uninstall whatmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the whatmaps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove whatmaps
Uninstall whatmaps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall whatmaps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove whatmaps
Remove whatmaps Configurations and Data
To remove whatmaps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge whatmaps
Remove whatmaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove whatmaps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whatmaps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whatmaps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
