How To Install pms 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 pms on Ubuntu.
What is pms
pms is:
PMS is an ncurses based client for Music Player Daemon. It aims to be accessible and highly configurable, with a light but powerful interface much like Vim, and supports custom colors, layouts, and key bindings
There are three methods to install pms 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 pms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pms
Install pms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pms
Install pms 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 pms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pms
How To Uninstall pms on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pms
Uninstall pms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pms
Remove pms Configurations and Data
To remove pms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pms
Remove pms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pms
Dependencies
pms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pms package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.