How To Install apturl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apturl on Ubuntu.
What is apturl
apturl is:
AptUrl is a simple graphical application that takes an URL (which follows the apt-protocol) as a command line option, parses it and carries out the operations that the URL describes (that is, it asks the user if he wants the indicated packages to be installed and if the answer is positive does so for him).
This package contains the GTK+ frontend.
There are three methods to install apturl on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apturl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apturl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apturl
Install apturl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apturl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apturl
Install apturl 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 apturl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apturl
How To Uninstall apturl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apturl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apturl
Uninstall apturl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apturl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apturl
Remove apturl Configurations and Data
To remove apturl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apturl
Remove apturl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apturl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apturl
Dependencies
apturl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apturl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.