How To Install base-files 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 base-files on Ubuntu.
What is base-files
base-files is:
This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
There are three methods to install base-files 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 base-files Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install base-files using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install base-files
Install base-files Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install base-files using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install base-files
Install base-files 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 base-files using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install base-files
How To Uninstall base-files on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the base-files package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove base-files
Uninstall base-files And Its Dependencies
To uninstall base-files and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove base-files
Remove base-files Configurations and Data
To remove base-files configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge base-files
Remove base-files configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove base-files configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge base-files
Dependencies
base-files have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install base-files package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.