How To Install extundelete on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install extundelete on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is extundelete
extundelete is:
extundelete uses the information stored in the partition’s journal to attempt to recover a file that has been deleted. There is no guarantee that any particular file will be able to be undeleted.
There are three methods to install extundelete 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 extundelete Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install extundelete using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install extundelete
Install extundelete Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install extundelete using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install extundelete
Install extundelete 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 extundelete using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install extundelete
How To Uninstall extundelete on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the extundelete package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove extundelete
Uninstall extundelete And Its Dependencies
To uninstall extundelete and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove extundelete
Remove extundelete Configurations and Data
To remove extundelete configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge extundelete
Remove extundelete configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove extundelete configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extundelete
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install extundelete package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
