How To Install xpn on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpn on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xpn
xpn is:
With XPN you can read/write articles on the Usenet with a good MIME support. XPN can operate with all the most widespread charsets, starting from US-ASCII to UTF-8. When you edit an article XPN automatically chooses the best charset, however is always possible to override this choice.
There also other useful features like scoring, filtered views, random tag-lines, external editor support, one-key navigation, ROT13, spoiler char, …
There are three methods to install xpn 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 xpn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xpn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xpn
Install xpn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xpn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xpn
Install xpn 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 xpn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xpn
How To Uninstall xpn on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xpn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xpn
Uninstall xpn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xpn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xpn
Remove xpn Configurations and Data
To remove xpn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xpn
Remove xpn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xpn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xpn
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpn package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
