How To Install cli-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cli-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04. cli-spinner is Simple command line that show a slash spinner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cli-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cli-spinner

cli-spinner is:

Simple spinner for the commandline while your CLI application is working. The cli-spinner binary isn’t really functional, it’s a commandline example. If you to want use a spinner library in your software, please, install golang-github-odeke-em-cli-spinner-dev package.

This package contains a example binary with spinner slash.

There are three methods to install cli-spinner 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 cli-spinner Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cli-spinner

Install cli-spinner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cli-spinner

Install cli-spinner 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 cli-spinner using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cli-spinner

How To Uninstall cli-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cli-spinner package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cli-spinner

Uninstall cli-spinner And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cli-spinner

Remove cli-spinner Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cli-spinner

Remove cli-spinner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cli-spinner

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Summary

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