How To Install barcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is barcode-dbg
barcode-dbg is:
GNU-barcode can create printouts for the conventional product-tagging standards: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, and several others. Output is generated as either Postscript, Encapsulated Postscript, or PCL.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install barcode-dbg 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 barcode-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install barcode-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install barcode-dbg
Install barcode-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install barcode-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install barcode-dbg
Install barcode-dbg 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 barcode-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install barcode-dbg
How To Uninstall barcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the barcode-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove barcode-dbg
Uninstall barcode-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall barcode-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove barcode-dbg
Remove barcode-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove barcode-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge barcode-dbg
Remove barcode-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove barcode-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge barcode-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
