How To Install ansifilter on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansifilter on Ubuntu 22.04. ansifilter is parse common (terminal) ANSI codes and remove or convert them

Introduction

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

What is ansifilter

ansifilter is:

ANSI codes are commands embedded in a text stream to add formatting instructions into text. These codes are interpreted by terminal emulators like xterm or Putty.

ANSIFilter parses common ANSI codes to remove them or to convert them to another colored text file format (HTML, TeX, LaTeX, RTF, Pango or BBCode). Support for ANSI art files (based on codepage 437 and ANSI.SYS sequences or BIN /XBIN/TND files) is enabled with the –art-cp437, –art-bin and –art-tundra options.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ansifilter

Install ansifilter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansifilter

Install ansifilter 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 ansifilter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ansifilter

How To Uninstall ansifilter on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ansifilter

Uninstall ansifilter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansifilter

Remove ansifilter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ansifilter

Remove ansifilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansifilter

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Summary

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