How To Install gaffitter 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 gaffitter on Ubuntu.
What is gaffitter
gaffitter is:
Genetic Algorithm File Fitter (gaffitter) is a command-line software written in C++ that extracts –via genetic algorithm– subsets of an input list of files/directories that best fit the given volume size (target), such as CD, DVD and others.
gaffitter provides an intelligent manner (thanks to Genetic Algorithm) to minimize the error between the desired target size and the selected candidates of files/directories. Gaffitter highlights:
- Uses a global meta-heuristic (Genetic Algorithm search).
- The command-line interface provides high integration (via pipe) with other tools, i.e. works as a “filter”.
- Allow the user to enter ‘size identifier’ pairs directly instead of file/dir names.
- Pretty configurable. gaffitter have many input parameters to control/adjust its behavior (including GA params).
There are three methods to install gaffitter 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 gaffitter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gaffitter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gaffitter
Install gaffitter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gaffitter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gaffitter
Install gaffitter 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 gaffitter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gaffitter
How To Uninstall gaffitter on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gaffitter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gaffitter
Uninstall gaffitter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gaffitter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gaffitter
Remove gaffitter Configurations and Data
To remove gaffitter configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gaffitter
Remove gaffitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gaffitter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gaffitter
Dependencies
gaffitter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gaffitter package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.