How To Install archdetect-deb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install archdetect-deb on Ubuntu 18.04. archdetect-deb is Hardware architecture detector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install archdetect-deb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is archdetect-deb

archdetect-deb is:

This package provides the ‘archdetect’ tool, which displays the current machine architecture and subarchitecture. The architecture corresponds to that built into dpkg, and describes the CPU (and possibly kernel) types; the subarchitecture distinguishes machines with different boot arrangements that require special handling.

This package would be called ‘archdetect’, but a udeb of that name already existed for use in the installer.

There are three methods to install archdetect-deb 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 archdetect-deb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install archdetect-deb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install archdetect-deb

Install archdetect-deb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install archdetect-deb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install archdetect-deb

Install archdetect-deb 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 archdetect-deb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install archdetect-deb

How To Uninstall archdetect-deb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the archdetect-deb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove archdetect-deb

Uninstall archdetect-deb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall archdetect-deb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove archdetect-deb

Remove archdetect-deb Configurations and Data

To remove archdetect-deb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge archdetect-deb

Remove archdetect-deb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove archdetect-deb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge archdetect-deb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install archdetect-deb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.