How To Install concordance-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install concordance-common on Ubuntu 18.04. concordance-common is Harmony remote configuration tool - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install concordance-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is concordance-common

concordance-common is:

The Logitech Harmony is a highly configurable universal IR remote control compatible with most multimedia devices. The concordance software suite allows you to program such remotes using a configuration object retrieved from the harmonyremote.com website.

This package contains the common files for the concordance framework.

There are three methods to install concordance-common 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 concordance-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install concordance-common

Install concordance-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install concordance-common

Install concordance-common 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 concordance-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install concordance-common

How To Uninstall concordance-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the concordance-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove concordance-common

Uninstall concordance-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove concordance-common

Remove concordance-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge concordance-common

Remove concordance-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge concordance-common

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Summary

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