How To Install libaa-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libaa-bin
libaa-bin is:
AAlib is a portable ASCII art graphics library. Internally, it works like a graphics display, but the output is rendered into gorgeous platform independent ASCII graphics.
This package contains a few sample programs that use aalib.
There are three methods to install libaa-bin 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 libaa-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaa-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaa-bin
Install libaa-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaa-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaa-bin
Install libaa-bin 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 libaa-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaa-bin
How To Uninstall libaa-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libaa-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaa-bin
Uninstall libaa-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaa-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaa-bin
Remove libaa-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libaa-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaa-bin
Remove libaa-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaa-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaa-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
