How To Install chkservice on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chkservice
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is chkservice
chkservice is:
chkservice is an ncurses-based tool for managing systemd units from the terminal. It provides the user with a comprehensive view of all systemd services and allows them to be changed easily. chkservice requires superuser privileges to make unit state changes.
There are three methods to install chkservice
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 chkservice Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chkservice
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chkservice
Install chkservice Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chkservice
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chkservice
Install chkservice 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 chkservice
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chkservice
How To Uninstall chkservice on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the chkservice
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chkservice
Uninstall chkservice And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chkservice
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chkservice
Remove chkservice Configurations and Data
To remove chkservice
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chkservice
Remove chkservice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chkservice
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chkservice
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chkservice
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.