How To Install doublecmd-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install doublecmd-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is doublecmd-gtk
doublecmd-gtk is:
Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.
Support for RAR archives can be enabled by installing the libunrar0 package from non-free.
This package contains the GTK2 user interface.
There are three methods to install doublecmd-gtk 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 doublecmd-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install doublecmd-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install doublecmd-gtk
Install doublecmd-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install doublecmd-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install doublecmd-gtk
Install doublecmd-gtk 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 doublecmd-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install doublecmd-gtk
How To Uninstall doublecmd-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the doublecmd-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove doublecmd-gtk
Uninstall doublecmd-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall doublecmd-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove doublecmd-gtk
Remove doublecmd-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove doublecmd-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge doublecmd-gtk
Remove doublecmd-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove doublecmd-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doublecmd-gtk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install doublecmd-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
