How To Install megatools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install megatools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is megatools
megatools is:
Megatools is a collection of programs for accessing the Mega.co.nz service from the command line.
Megatools allow you to copy individual files as well as entire directory trees to and from the cloud. You can also perform streaming downloads for example to preview videos and audio files, without needing to download the entire file first.
Megatools are robust and optimized for fast operation - as fast as Mega servers allow. Memory requirements and CPU utilization are kept at minimum.
There are three methods to install megatools
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 megatools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install megatools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install megatools
Install megatools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install megatools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install megatools
Install megatools 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 megatools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install megatools
How To Uninstall megatools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the megatools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove megatools
Uninstall megatools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall megatools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove megatools
Remove megatools Configurations and Data
To remove megatools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge megatools
Remove megatools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove megatools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge megatools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install megatools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.