How To Install brag 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 brag on Ubuntu.
What is brag
brag is:
Brag collects and assembles multipart binary attachments from newsgroups. This is a robust command-line tool, well suited to run as a cron job.
- Collects and downloads multipart binary attachments
- Supported encodings: uuencode, MIME base64 and yenc
- Filters messages using accept/reject patterns
- Optionally saves message subjects
- Supports NNTP authentication
- Supports non-default NNTP ports
- Can combine parts from different newsgroups or even different servers
- Bulletproof: Restarts from the last successful operation.
There are three methods to install brag 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 brag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install brag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install brag
Install brag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install brag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install brag
Install brag 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 brag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install brag
How To Uninstall brag on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the brag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove brag
Uninstall brag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall brag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove brag
Remove brag Configurations and Data
To remove brag configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge brag
Remove brag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove brag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brag
Dependencies
brag have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brag package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.