How To Install wims-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wims-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wims-modules
wims-modules is:
WIMS uses modules to implement every user interface beyond its main page, including administrative tasks, help, mathematic tools, libraries, and a few interactive exercises.
To get the thousands of exercises which give WIMS its power, consider installing the recommended package wims-extra-all (or other packages which provide wims-extra).
Other educational materials can be downloaded outside of the Debian system by automated updates. See http://wimsedu.info
There are three methods to install wims-modules 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 wims-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wims-modules
Install wims-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wims-modules
Install wims-modules 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 wims-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wims-modules
How To Uninstall wims-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wims-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wims-modules
Uninstall wims-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wims-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wims-modules
Remove wims-modules Configurations and Data
To remove wims-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wims-modules
Remove wims-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wims-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wims-modules
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wims-modules package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
