How To Install nnn on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nnn on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nnn
nnn is:
nnn is a fork of noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file manager with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks. nnn toppings
- Show details of the currently selected file (stat, file)
- Disk usage analyzer mode (within the same fs, doesn’t follow symlinks)
- Directories first (even with sorting)
- Sort numeric names in numeric order
- Case-insensitive alphabetic content listing instead of upper case first
- Key - to jump to last visited directory
- Roll over at the first and last entries of a directory
- Removed navigation restriction with relative paths
- Sort entries by file size (largest to smallest)
- Shortcut to invoke file name copier
There are three methods to install nnn 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 nnn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nnn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nnn
Install nnn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nnn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nnn
Install nnn 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 nnn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nnn
How To Uninstall nnn on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nnn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nnn
Uninstall nnn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nnn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nnn
Remove nnn Configurations and Data
To remove nnn configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nnn
Remove nnn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nnn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nnn
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nnn package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
