How To Install rolo 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 rolo on Ubuntu.
What is rolo
rolo is:
Rolo keeps track of your contacts and display them to you with a text-based menu. Rolo strives to be a well-constructed tool for complimenting text-based email programs-such as mutt. It utilizes the vCard version 3.0 format for storing its contacts and it interfaces with the end-user through a NCurses front-end.
There are three methods to install rolo 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 rolo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rolo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rolo
Install rolo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rolo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rolo
Install rolo 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 rolo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rolo
How To Uninstall rolo on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rolo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rolo
Uninstall rolo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rolo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rolo
Remove rolo Configurations and Data
To remove rolo configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rolo
Remove rolo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rolo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rolo
Dependencies
rolo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rolo package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.