How To Install lsb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lsb
lsb is:
The Linux Standard Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is a standard core system that third-party applications written for Linux can depend upon.
This package provides an implementation of only the printing and core modules of the Linux Standard Base for Ubuntu. Recent versions of Ubuntu do not implement the full LSB interfaces; this package is provided only for compatibility with third-party printer driver packages which depend on the lsb package.
The intent of this package is to provide a best current practice way of installing and running LSB packages on Debian GNU/Linux. Its presence does not imply that Ubuntu fully complies with the Linux Standard Base, and should not be construed as a statement that Ubuntu is LSB-compliant.
There are three methods to install lsb
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 lsb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lsb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lsb
Install lsb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lsb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lsb
Install lsb 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 lsb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lsb
How To Uninstall lsb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lsb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lsb
Uninstall lsb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lsb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsb
Remove lsb Configurations and Data
To remove lsb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lsb
Remove lsb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lsb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.