How To Install plocate on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plocate
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is plocate
plocate is:
plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.
There are three methods to install plocate
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 plocate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plocate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plocate
Install plocate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plocate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plocate
Install plocate 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 plocate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plocate
How To Uninstall plocate on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the plocate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plocate
Uninstall plocate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plocate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plocate
Remove plocate Configurations and Data
To remove plocate
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plocate
Remove plocate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plocate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plocate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plocate
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.