How To Install coinst-viewer on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinst-viewer on Ubuntu 22.04. coinst-viewer is viewer for co-installability kernels generated by coinst

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinst-viewer on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is coinst-viewer

coinst-viewer is:

This package is useful when you are interested in analyzing co-installability of packages in a large package repository. It contains a custom viewer for co-installability kernels generated by the coinst tool.

There are three methods to install coinst-viewer 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 coinst-viewer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coinst-viewer

Install coinst-viewer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coinst-viewer

Install coinst-viewer 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 coinst-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coinst-viewer

How To Uninstall coinst-viewer on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the coinst-viewer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coinst-viewer

Uninstall coinst-viewer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coinst-viewer

Remove coinst-viewer Configurations and Data

To remove coinst-viewer configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coinst-viewer

Remove coinst-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coinst-viewer

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Summary

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