How To Install autorenamer on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install autorenamer on Ubuntu 22.04. autorenamer is program to rename files to make them sort in given order

Introduction

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

What is autorenamer

autorenamer is:

This is a simple graphical program that lets you reorder the files using drag-and-drop and then changes the names of the files such that their alphabetical sorting matches the ordering you chose. You can also shuffle the files.

Currently the renaming consists of prepending each filename with a short number.

The program displays thumbnails of files using GNOME libraries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autorenamer

Install autorenamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autorenamer

Install autorenamer 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 autorenamer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autorenamer

How To Uninstall autorenamer on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove autorenamer

Uninstall autorenamer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autorenamer

Remove autorenamer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge autorenamer

Remove autorenamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autorenamer

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Summary

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