How To Install only on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install only on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is only
only is:
The ‘only’ command-line tool lets you search based on word patterns or line patterns like never before! Not only can you search with ‘only -l patt’ but you can select the n-th match with ‘-l n/patt/’ and the next 3 lines with ‘-l /patt/0:3’.
There are three methods to install only 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 only Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install only using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install only
Install only Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install only using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install only
Install only 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 only using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install only
How To Uninstall only on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the only package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove only
Uninstall only And Its Dependencies
To uninstall only and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove only
Remove only Configurations and Data
To remove only configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge only
Remove only configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove only configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge only
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install only package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
