How To Install aqbanking-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aqbanking-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. aqbanking-tools is basic command line homebanking utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aqbanking-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aqbanking-tools

aqbanking-tools is:

AqBanking provides a middle layer between the applications and online banking libraries implementing various file formats and protocols. Plugins supporting OFX, DTAUS, HBCI, and EBICS are available.

This package provides a basic command line interface to AqBanking.

There are three methods to install aqbanking-tools 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 aqbanking-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aqbanking-tools

Install aqbanking-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aqbanking-tools

Install aqbanking-tools 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 aqbanking-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aqbanking-tools

How To Uninstall aqbanking-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the aqbanking-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aqbanking-tools

Uninstall aqbanking-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aqbanking-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aqbanking-tools

Remove aqbanking-tools Configurations and Data

To remove aqbanking-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aqbanking-tools

Remove aqbanking-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aqbanking-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aqbanking-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.