How To Install apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is apt-transport-https
apt-transport-https is:
This is a dummy transitional package - https support has been moved into the apt package in 1.5. It can be safely removed.
Package: apt-transport-https Architecture: all Version: 2.0.2ubuntu0.2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: apt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 157 Depends: apt (>= 1.5~alpha4) Filename: pool/universe/a/apt/apt-transport-https_2.0.2ubuntu0.2_all.deb Size: 1708 MD5sum: 22206ef28fb1f71b9632c9f198529693 SHA1: 241d2b9ca33613d7d4faa82ff7be3a699f7a2a39 SHA256: ca1227a663c2dad9027c1603cb65cb5a0f78378d33af13f2d539913bc936d8e9 SHA512: 5819d07d2c83131c073cbdc62b08be1a70c1ca37f5a59138f4525a6d1a2fe8b387389b03273d6afb5672053c7e8910e288ed008416a82883e5f8d38fe0dd8461 Description-en: transitional package for https support This is a dummy transitional package - https support has been moved into the apt package in 1.5. It can be safely removed.
Package: apt-transport-https Architecture: all Version: 2.0.2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: apt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 156 Depends: apt (>= 1.5~alpha4) Filename: pool/universe/a/apt/apt-transport-https_2.0.2_all.deb Size: 1704 MD5sum: b962fbb85387a457cb63dbbfb8fa5c63 SHA1: c6ee9884445ca00a93d00f3f3fcd3a6356edcb7d SHA256: ee5d260ddb9df7caa973e5107aaaeeb9edfd4c9fd3e5b3bf904173ec0d07673c Description-en: transitional package for https support This is a dummy transitional package - https support has been moved into the apt package in 1.5. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apt-transport-https Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-transport-https using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https
Install apt-transport-https Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-transport-https using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-transport-https
Install apt-transport-https 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 apt-transport-https using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-transport-https
How To Uninstall apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the apt-transport-https package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-transport-https
Uninstall apt-transport-https And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-transport-https and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-transport-https
Remove apt-transport-https Configurations and Data
To remove apt-transport-https configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-transport-https
Remove apt-transport-https configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-transport-https configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-transport-https
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-transport-https package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
