How To Install engrampa-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install engrampa-common on Ubuntu 18.04. engrampa-common is archive manager for MATE (common files)

Introduction

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

What is engrampa-common

engrampa-common is:

Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. It allows you to:

  • Create and modify archives.
  • View the content of an archive.
  • View a file contained in an archive.
  • Extract files from the archive.

This package contains the architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install engrampa-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 engrampa-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 engrampa-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install engrampa-common

Install engrampa-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install engrampa-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install engrampa-common

How To Uninstall engrampa-common on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove engrampa-common

Uninstall engrampa-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove engrampa-common

Remove engrampa-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge engrampa-common

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

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

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

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Summary

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