How To Install ark 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 ark on Ubuntu.

What is `ark`

ark is:

Ark manages various archive formats, including tar, gzip, bzip2, rar and zip, as well as CD-ROM images. Ark can be used to browse, extract, create, and modify archives.

This package is part of the KDE SC utilities module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ark

Install ark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ark

Install ark 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 ark using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ark

How To Uninstall ark on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove ark

Uninstall ark And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ark

Remove ark Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ark

Remove ark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ark

Dependencies

ark have the following dependencies:

References

ark website

Summary

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