How To Install colorize on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install colorize on Ubuntu 22.04. colorize is Colorizes text on terminal with ANSI escape sequences

Introduction

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

What is colorize

colorize is:

Colorizes text read from standard input stream or file by using ANSI escape sequences (and also vice versa, i.e. cleaning text from sequences) and prints resulting output to the terminal.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install colorize

Install colorize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colorize

Install colorize 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 colorize using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colorize

How To Uninstall colorize on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove colorize

Uninstall colorize And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colorize

Remove colorize Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge colorize

Remove colorize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colorize

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Summary

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