How To Install zsh-static on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-static
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zsh-static
zsh-static is:
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles ksh but includes many enhancements. Zsh has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other features.
This is the statically-compiled version of the shell.
There are three methods to install zsh-static
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zsh-static Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zsh-static
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zsh-static
Install zsh-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zsh-static
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zsh-static
Install zsh-static 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 zsh-static
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zsh-static
How To Uninstall zsh-static on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zsh-static
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zsh-static
Uninstall zsh-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zsh-static
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsh-static
Remove zsh-static Configurations and Data
To remove zsh-static
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zsh-static
Remove zsh-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zsh-static
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zsh-static
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-static
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.