How To Install gplaycli on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gplaycli on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gplaycli
gplaycli is:
GPlayCli is a command line tool to search, install, update Android applications from the Google Play Store. The main goal was to be able to run this script with a cronjob, in order to automatically update an F-Droid server instance.
There are three methods to install gplaycli 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 gplaycli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gplaycli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gplaycli
Install gplaycli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gplaycli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gplaycli
Install gplaycli 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 gplaycli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gplaycli
How To Uninstall gplaycli on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gplaycli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gplaycli
Uninstall gplaycli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gplaycli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gplaycli
Remove gplaycli Configurations and Data
To remove gplaycli configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gplaycli
Remove gplaycli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gplaycli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gplaycli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gplaycli package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
