How To Install tracker-test-utils 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 tracker-test-utils on Ubuntu.
What is tracker-test-utils
tracker-test-utils is:
This package contains shared test utilities provided by tracker, for use by tracker-miners.
Tracker is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags, shared object databases, search tools and indexing.
There are three methods to install tracker-test-utils 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 tracker-test-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tracker-test-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tracker-test-utils
Install tracker-test-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tracker-test-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tracker-test-utils
Install tracker-test-utils 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 tracker-test-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tracker-test-utils
How To Uninstall tracker-test-utils on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tracker-test-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tracker-test-utils
Uninstall tracker-test-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tracker-test-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tracker-test-utils
Remove tracker-test-utils Configurations and Data
To remove tracker-test-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tracker-test-utils
Remove tracker-test-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tracker-test-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tracker-test-utils
Dependencies
tracker-test-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker-test-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.