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