How To Install mlocate on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlocate on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mlocate
mlocate is:
This is a transitional dummy package to plocate, it can be safely removed. Command-line options should generally be the same, so you can continue to use the locate(1) command as before with no ill effects.
There are three methods to install mlocate 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 mlocate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mlocate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlocate
Install mlocate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlocate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlocate
Install mlocate 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 mlocate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlocate
How To Uninstall mlocate on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mlocate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlocate
Uninstall mlocate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlocate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlocate
Remove mlocate Configurations and Data
To remove mlocate configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlocate
Remove mlocate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlocate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlocate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlocate package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.