How To Install megadown on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install megadown on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is megadown
megadown is:
This package contains a Bash script, and a Python helper, which download files from mega.nz and megacrypter. Downloaded files are by default placed inside the current directory. It supports speed limiting and can only print file metadata before exiting. There is also a multi-URL mode, where an input file is processed, which acts as a URL list.
There are three methods to install megadown 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 megadown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install megadown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install megadown
Install megadown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install megadown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install megadown
Install megadown 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 megadown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install megadown
How To Uninstall megadown on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the megadown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove megadown
Uninstall megadown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall megadown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove megadown
Remove megadown Configurations and Data
To remove megadown configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge megadown
Remove megadown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove megadown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge megadown
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install megadown package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
