How To Install wiggle on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiggle on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wiggle
wiggle is:
Wiggle is a program for applying patches that ‘patch’ cannot apply due to conflicting changes in the original.
Wiggle will always apply all changes in the patch to the original. If it cannot find a way to cleanly apply a patch, it inserts it in the original in a manner similar to ‘merge’, and report an unresolvable conflict.
There are three methods to install wiggle 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 wiggle Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wiggle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wiggle
Install wiggle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wiggle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wiggle
Install wiggle 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 wiggle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wiggle
How To Uninstall wiggle on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wiggle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wiggle
Uninstall wiggle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wiggle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wiggle
Remove wiggle Configurations and Data
To remove wiggle configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wiggle
Remove wiggle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wiggle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wiggle
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiggle package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
