How To Install bsdutils 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 bsdutils on Ubuntu.
What is bsdutils
bsdutils is:
This package contains the bare minimum of BSD utilities needed for a Debian system: logger, renice, script, scriptlive, scriptreplay and wall. The remaining standard BSD utilities are provided by bsdextrautils.
There are three methods to install bsdutils 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 bsdutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdutils
Install bsdutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdutils
Install bsdutils 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 bsdutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdutils
How To Uninstall bsdutils on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bsdutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdutils
Uninstall bsdutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdutils
Remove bsdutils Configurations and Data
To remove bsdutils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdutils
Remove bsdutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdutils
Dependencies
bsdutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdutils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.