How To Install xiphos on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xiphos on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xiphos
xiphos is:
Xiphos is a Bible study program for the GNOME desktop environment, based on The SWORD Project by the CrossWire Bible Society, a framework for developing Bible study tools and of associated texts such as commentaries and dictionaries.
This package provides the main Xiphos program, a digital text reader with bookmarks and full-text search. It allows viewing multiple versions of the same text, for parallel reading of alternatives or translations. It also supports personal verse-specific notes and a rich-text study pad, both of which have spell checking and full-text search.
Xiphos has a built-in facility to browse and install freely-distributed content from CrossWire repositories.
There are three methods to install xiphos 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 xiphos Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xiphos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xiphos
Install xiphos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xiphos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xiphos
Install xiphos 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 xiphos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xiphos
How To Uninstall xiphos on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xiphos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xiphos
Uninstall xiphos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xiphos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xiphos
Remove xiphos Configurations and Data
To remove xiphos configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xiphos
Remove xiphos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xiphos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xiphos
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xiphos package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
