How To Install deepin-deb-installer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install deepin-deb-installer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is deepin-deb-installer
deepin-deb-installer is:
Deepin Package Manager is a management tool for deb package, and is developed for users to easily install customized applications that are not categorized in Deepin Store. With an easy-to-use interface as well as functions like batch installation, version detection and auto-completion of dependencies, you can quickly get the software installed on deepin once you get the right deb package.
This package is part of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment).
There are three methods to install deepin-deb-installer 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 deepin-deb-installer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install deepin-deb-installer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install deepin-deb-installer
Install deepin-deb-installer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install deepin-deb-installer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install deepin-deb-installer
Install deepin-deb-installer 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 deepin-deb-installer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install deepin-deb-installer
How To Uninstall deepin-deb-installer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the deepin-deb-installer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove deepin-deb-installer
Uninstall deepin-deb-installer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall deepin-deb-installer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove deepin-deb-installer
Remove deepin-deb-installer Configurations and Data
To remove deepin-deb-installer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge deepin-deb-installer
Remove deepin-deb-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove deepin-deb-installer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deepin-deb-installer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install deepin-deb-installer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
