How To Install wmget on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmget on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmget
wmget is:
wmget is a dock app for the GNU Window Maker window manager (or one of the many other WM’s which support dockapps) which makes it more convenient to perform long downloads in the background. It uses the excellent libcurl library, part of the cURL automated-download program, to perform file retrieval.
There are three methods to install wmget 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 wmget Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmget using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmget
Install wmget Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmget using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmget
Install wmget 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 wmget using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmget
How To Uninstall wmget on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmget package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmget
Uninstall wmget And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmget
Remove wmget Configurations and Data
To remove wmget configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmget
Remove wmget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmget configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmget
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmget package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
