How To Install autopilot-touch on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-touch on Ubuntu 18.04. autopilot-touch is Autopilot support for the ubuntu Touch platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-touch on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is autopilot-touch

autopilot-touch is:

This metapackage exists to depend on the packages needed to install and use autopilot on the Ubuntu Touch platform.

There are three methods to install autopilot-touch 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 autopilot-touch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autopilot-touch

Install autopilot-touch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autopilot-touch

Install autopilot-touch 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 autopilot-touch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autopilot-touch

How To Uninstall autopilot-touch on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the autopilot-touch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove autopilot-touch

Uninstall autopilot-touch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autopilot-touch

Remove autopilot-touch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge autopilot-touch

Remove autopilot-touch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autopilot-touch

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Summary

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