How To Install ddgr 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 ddgr on Ubuntu.
What is ddgr
ddgr is:
Features
- Fast and clean (no ads, stray URLs or clutter), custom color
- Navigate result pages from omniprompt, open URLs in browser
- Search and option completion scripts for Bash, Zsh and Fish
- DuckDuckGo Bang support (along with completion)
- Open the first result directly in browser (as in I’m Feeling Ducky)
- Non-stop searches: fire new searches at omniprompt without exiting
- Keywords (e.g. filetype:mime, site:somesite.com) support
- Specify region, disable safe search
- HTTPS proxy support, Do Not Track set, optionally disable User Agent
- Support custom url handler script or cmdline utility
- Comprehensive documentation, man page with handy usage examples
- Minimal dependencies
There are three methods to install ddgr 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 ddgr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ddgr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ddgr
Install ddgr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ddgr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ddgr
Install ddgr 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 ddgr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ddgr
How To Uninstall ddgr on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ddgr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ddgr
Uninstall ddgr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ddgr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ddgr
Remove ddgr Configurations and Data
To remove ddgr configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ddgr
Remove ddgr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ddgr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ddgr
Dependencies
ddgr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddgr package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.