How To Install qosmic 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 qosmic on Ubuntu.
What is qosmic
qosmic is:
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There are three methods to install qosmic 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 qosmic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qosmic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qosmic
Install qosmic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qosmic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qosmic
Install qosmic 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 qosmic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qosmic
How To Uninstall qosmic on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qosmic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qosmic
Uninstall qosmic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qosmic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qosmic
Remove qosmic Configurations and Data
To remove qosmic configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qosmic
Remove qosmic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qosmic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qosmic
Dependencies
qosmic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qosmic package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.