How To Install jasper on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jasper on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is jasper
jasper is:
Jasper is a tool to configure preinstalled ext2/3 images that were created using the ubuntu infrastructure from the initramfs. Such as armel omap3/4 images in Ubuntu 10.10 and beyond.
It grows the system partition of a preinstalled ext2/3 image to the full size of the SD card, configures fstab, loopback networking, adds the UUID to the kernel cmdline and properly sets up flash-kernel for the kernel package post installation scripts.
There are three methods to install jasper 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 jasper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jasper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jasper
Install jasper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jasper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jasper
Install jasper 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 jasper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jasper
How To Uninstall jasper on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the jasper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jasper
Uninstall jasper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jasper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jasper
Remove jasper Configurations and Data
To remove jasper configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jasper
Remove jasper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jasper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jasper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jasper package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
