How To Install popularity-contest on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install popularity-contest on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is popularity-contest
popularity-contest is:
The popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that will periodically anonymously submit to the Ubuntu developers statistics about the most used Ubuntu packages on this system.
This information helps Ubuntu make decisions such as which packages should go on the first CD. It also lets Ubuntu improve future versions of the distribution so that the most popular packages are the ones which are installed automatically for new users. Task: standard
There are three methods to install popularity-contest 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 popularity-contest Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install popularity-contest using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install popularity-contest
Install popularity-contest Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install popularity-contest using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install popularity-contest
Install popularity-contest 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 popularity-contest using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install popularity-contest
How To Uninstall popularity-contest on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the popularity-contest package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove popularity-contest
Uninstall popularity-contest And Its Dependencies
To uninstall popularity-contest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove popularity-contest
Remove popularity-contest Configurations and Data
To remove popularity-contest configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge popularity-contest
Remove popularity-contest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove popularity-contest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge popularity-contest
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install popularity-contest package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
