How To Install dtaus on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dtaus on Ubuntu 20.04. dtaus is Paperless money transfer with German banks on floppies

Introduction

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

What is dtaus

dtaus is:

This package contains a library that can read and write German DTAUS files. DTAUS is an acronym for DatenTraegerAUStausch. It is used by German credit institutes in order to transfer commands for money exchanges between accounts. This format is used both between banks and between banks and their customers. One mainly wants to use it to be able to do automatic “Bankeinzuege”.

This package probably will only be useful in Germany.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dtaus

Install dtaus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dtaus

Install dtaus 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 dtaus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dtaus

How To Uninstall dtaus on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dtaus

Uninstall dtaus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dtaus

Remove dtaus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dtaus

Remove dtaus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dtaus

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Summary

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