How To Install cherrytree 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 cherrytree on Ubuntu.

What is `cherrytree`

cherrytree is:

CherryTree is a hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text, syntax highlighting, images handling, hyperlinks, import/export with support for multiple formats, support for multiple languages, and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cherrytree

Install cherrytree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cherrytree

Install cherrytree 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 cherrytree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cherrytree

How To Uninstall cherrytree on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove cherrytree

Uninstall cherrytree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cherrytree

Remove cherrytree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cherrytree

Remove cherrytree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cherrytree

Dependencies

cherrytree have the following dependencies:

References

cherrytree website

Summary

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