How To Install xe on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xe on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xe
xe is:
xe is a tool for constructing command lines from file listings or arguments, which includes the best features of xargs(1) and apply(1).
Its name means “execute for every …”.
It provides simple(r) parsing of its input, does not invoke a shell by default, can execute multiple commands in parallel, …
There are three methods to install xe 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 xe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xe
Install xe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xe
Install xe 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 xe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xe
How To Uninstall xe on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xe
Uninstall xe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xe
Remove xe Configurations and Data
To remove xe configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xe
Remove xe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xe
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xe package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
