How To Install cme 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 cme on Ubuntu.
What is cme
cme is:
cme provides a command to check or edit configuration data with Config::Model.
cme and Config::Model are quite modular: the configuration data that you can edit depend on installed packages. I.e.:
- ssh client or ssh daemon config: libconfig-model-openssh-perl
- approx config: libconfig-model-approx-perl
- lcdproc config: libconfig-model-lcdproc-perl
- popcon config: provided with libconfig-model-perl
- systemd config: provided with libconfig-model-systemd-perl
Some applications can be handled by cme:
- Debian package files: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
- multistrap files: provided with libconfig-model-perl
You can also choose a user interface:
- graphical, based on Tk: libconfig-model-tkui-perl
- curses based: libconfig-model-cursesui-perl
- simple shell: provided with libconfig-model-perl
Last but not least, you can also take a stab at maintaining configuration model with libconfig-model-itself-perl.
There are three methods to install cme 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 cme Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cme
Install cme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cme
Install cme 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 cme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cme
How To Uninstall cme on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cme
Uninstall cme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cme
Remove cme Configurations and Data
To remove cme configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cme
Remove cme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cme
Dependencies
cme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cme package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.