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