How To Install xdms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xdms
xdms is:
This a tool for decompressing Amiga DMS files. DMS files contain disk images that are these days mainly useful for Amiga emulation. It can unpack DMS images to ADF images.
There are three methods to install xdms 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 xdms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdms
Install xdms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdms
Install xdms 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 xdms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdms
How To Uninstall xdms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xdms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdms
Uninstall xdms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdms
Remove xdms Configurations and Data
To remove xdms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdms
Remove xdms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
