How To Install wimtools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wimtools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wimtools
wimtools is:
WIM is an archive format designed primarily for archiving Windows filesystems. It features single-instancing and LZ77-based compression, and is used by Microsoft to distribute and deploy Windows Vista and later.
This package contains a free implementation of the ImageX utility that is used to create WIM files on Windows.
There are three methods to install wimtools 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 wimtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wimtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wimtools
Install wimtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wimtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wimtools
Install wimtools 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 wimtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wimtools
How To Uninstall wimtools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wimtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wimtools
Uninstall wimtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wimtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wimtools
Remove wimtools Configurations and Data
To remove wimtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wimtools
Remove wimtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wimtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wimtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wimtools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
