How To Install yank on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yank on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yank
yank is:
Read input from stdin and draw a selection interface where all fields in the given input are recognized by using a default or user-supplied set of delimiters.
Using ctrl-n and ctrl-p will move the field selection forward and backward, pressing the return key will invoke the yank command and write the selected field to its stdin. The yank command defaults to xsel, but could be anything that accepts input on stdin.
There are three methods to install yank 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 yank Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yank using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yank
Install yank Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yank using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yank
Install yank 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 yank using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yank
How To Uninstall yank on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yank package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yank
Uninstall yank And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yank and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yank
Remove yank Configurations and Data
To remove yank configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yank
Remove yank configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yank configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yank
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yank package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
