How To Install cpio 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 cpio on Ubuntu.
What is cpio
cpio is:
GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats as well as reading and writing tar files.
There are three methods to install cpio 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 cpio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cpio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cpio
Install cpio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cpio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cpio
Install cpio 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 cpio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cpio
How To Uninstall cpio on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cpio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cpio
Uninstall cpio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cpio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpio
Remove cpio Configurations and Data
To remove cpio configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cpio
Remove cpio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cpio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpio
Dependencies
cpio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpio package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.