How To Install eb-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. eb-utils is C library for accessing electronic books (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is eb-utils

eb-utils is:

EB Library is a C library for accessing CD-ROM books.

EB Library supports to access CD-ROM books of EB, EBG, EBXA, EBXA-C, S-EBXA and EPWING formats. CD-ROM books of those formats are popular in Japan. Since CD-ROM books themseves are stands on the ISO 9660 format, you can mount the discs by the same way as other ISO 9660 discs.

This package provides utility commands of EB Library.

There are three methods to install eb-utils 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 eb-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eb-utils

Install eb-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eb-utils

Install eb-utils 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 eb-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eb-utils

How To Uninstall eb-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the eb-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eb-utils

Uninstall eb-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eb-utils

Remove eb-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge eb-utils

Remove eb-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eb-utils

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Summary

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