How To Install libextractor-plugin-rpm on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 355 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-rpm on Ubuntu.
What is libextractor-plugin-rpm
libextractor-plugin-rpm is:
GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.
This package contains the plugin supporting rpm files.
There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-rpm 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 libextractor-plugin-rpm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-rpm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm
Install libextractor-plugin-rpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-rpm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm
Install libextractor-plugin-rpm 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 libextractor-plugin-rpm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm
How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-rpm on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libextractor-plugin-rpm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-rpm
Uninstall libextractor-plugin-rpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libextractor-plugin-rpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugin-rpm
Remove libextractor-plugin-rpm Configurations and Data
To remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugin-rpm
Remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugin-rpm
Dependencies
libextractor-plugin-rpm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-rpm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.