How To Install dhis-tools-genkeys on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-tools-genkeys on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dhis-tools-genkeys
dhis-tools-genkeys is:
This package includes a set of tools that may be used to manually create shared or public/private keys for DHIS client/server authentication.
There are three methods to install dhis-tools-genkeys 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 dhis-tools-genkeys Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-tools-genkeys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhis-tools-genkeys
Install dhis-tools-genkeys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-tools-genkeys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhis-tools-genkeys
Install dhis-tools-genkeys 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 dhis-tools-genkeys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhis-tools-genkeys
How To Uninstall dhis-tools-genkeys on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dhis-tools-genkeys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhis-tools-genkeys
Uninstall dhis-tools-genkeys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhis-tools-genkeys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhis-tools-genkeys
Remove dhis-tools-genkeys Configurations and Data
To remove dhis-tools-genkeys configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhis-tools-genkeys
Remove dhis-tools-genkeys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhis-tools-genkeys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhis-tools-genkeys
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-tools-genkeys package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.