How To Install httrack on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install httrack on Ubuntu 22.04. httrack is Copy websites to your computer (Offline browser)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install httrack on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is httrack

httrack is:

HTTrack is an offline browser utility, allowing you to download a World Wide website from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting html, images, and other files from the server to your computer.

HTTrack arranges the original site’s relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the “mirrored” website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

There are three methods to install httrack 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 httrack Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install httrack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install httrack

Install httrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install httrack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install httrack

Install httrack 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 httrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install httrack

How To Uninstall httrack on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the httrack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove httrack

Uninstall httrack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall httrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove httrack

Remove httrack Configurations and Data

To remove httrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge httrack

Remove httrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove httrack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge httrack

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install httrack package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.