How To Install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft on Ubuntu.
What is gerstensaft
gerstensaft is:
Gerstensaft is an easy to use graphical oriented frontend for sendfile(1). It features sending files and directories and provides a history for addresses.
There are three methods to install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gerstensaft
Install gerstensaft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gerstensaft
Install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gerstensaft
How To Uninstall gerstensaft on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gerstensaft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gerstensaft
Uninstall gerstensaft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gerstensaft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gerstensaft
Remove gerstensaft Configurations and Data
To remove gerstensaft configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gerstensaft
Remove gerstensaft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gerstensaft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gerstensaft
Dependencies
gerstensaft have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gerstensaft package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.