How To Install buku on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install buku on Ubuntu 20.04. buku is Powerful command-line bookmark manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install buku on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is buku

buku is:

Feature

  • Store bookmarks with auto-fetched title, tags and description
  • Auto-import from Firefox, Google Chrome and Chromium
  • Open bookmarks and search results in browser
  • Shorten, expand URLs, browse cached page from Wayback Machine
  • Text editor integration
  • Lightweight, clean interface, custom colors
  • Powerful search options (regex, substring…)
  • Continuous search with on the fly mode switch
  • Portable, merge-able database to sync between systems
  • Import/export bookmarks from/to HTML, Markdown or Orgfile
  • Smart tag management using redirection (», >, «)
  • Multithreaded full DB refresh, manual encryption support
  • Shell completion scripts, man page with handy examples

There are three methods to install buku 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 buku Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install buku

Install buku Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install buku using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install buku

Install buku 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 buku using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install buku

How To Uninstall buku on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the buku package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove buku

Uninstall buku And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove buku

Remove buku Configurations and Data

To remove buku configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge buku

Remove buku configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buku

References

Summary

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