How To Install dell-recovery 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 dell-recovery on Ubuntu.
What is dell-recovery
dell-recovery is:
This package is used to produce a Dell recovery media image. It then uses known open source tools to write the image to a USB flash drive or DVD writer.
There are three methods to install dell-recovery 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 dell-recovery Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dell-recovery using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dell-recovery
Install dell-recovery Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dell-recovery using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dell-recovery
Install dell-recovery 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 dell-recovery using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dell-recovery
How To Uninstall dell-recovery on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dell-recovery package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dell-recovery
Uninstall dell-recovery And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dell-recovery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dell-recovery
Remove dell-recovery Configurations and Data
To remove dell-recovery configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dell-recovery
Remove dell-recovery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dell-recovery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dell-recovery
Dependencies
dell-recovery have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dell-recovery package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.