How To Install featherpad on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install featherpad on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is featherpad
featherpad is:
FeatherPad is a lightweight Qt5 plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and comes with all features one would expect in a modern editor.
This package contains the application files. Task: lubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install featherpad 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 featherpad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install featherpad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install featherpad
Install featherpad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install featherpad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install featherpad
Install featherpad 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 featherpad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install featherpad
How To Uninstall featherpad on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the featherpad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove featherpad
Uninstall featherpad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall featherpad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove featherpad
Remove featherpad Configurations and Data
To remove featherpad configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge featherpad
Remove featherpad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove featherpad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge featherpad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install featherpad package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
