How To Install os8 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install os8 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is os8
os8 is:
This package contains images of the OS8 operating system which are usable by a PDP-8 emulator.
The Debian simh package supplies a pdp8 emulator, but the file are in a standard format usable by any other pdp8 emulator such as Jones’s or Haygood’s emulator.
The os8 script will run the simh emulator with these images.
These images are not DFSG free because DEC prohibits commercial use of these images.
There are three methods to install os8 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 os8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install os8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install os8
Install os8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install os8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install os8
Install os8 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 os8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install os8
How To Uninstall os8 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the os8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove os8
Uninstall os8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall os8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove os8
Remove os8 Configurations and Data
To remove os8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge os8
Remove os8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove os8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge os8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install os8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
