How To Install germinate on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install germinate
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is germinate
germinate is:
Germinate takes lists of seed packages and expands their dependencies to produce a full list of packages. This can be used for purposes such as managing the list of packages present in a derived distribution’s archive or CD builds.
There are three methods to install germinate
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install germinate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install germinate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install germinate
Install germinate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install germinate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install germinate
Install germinate 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 germinate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install germinate
How To Uninstall germinate on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the germinate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove germinate
Uninstall germinate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall germinate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove germinate
Remove germinate Configurations and Data
To remove germinate
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge germinate
Remove germinate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove germinate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge germinate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install germinate
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.