How To Install ubuntu-standard 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 ubuntu-standard on Ubuntu.

What is `ubuntu-standard`

ubuntu-standard is:

This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu standard system. This set of packages provides a comfortable command-line Unix-like environment.

It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed.

There are three methods to install ubuntu-standard 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 ubuntu-standard Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-standard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-standard

Install ubuntu-standard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-standard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-standard

Install ubuntu-standard 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 ubuntu-standard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-standard

How To Uninstall ubuntu-standard on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ubuntu-standard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-standard

Uninstall ubuntu-standard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ubuntu-standard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-standard

Remove ubuntu-standard Configurations and Data

To remove ubuntu-standard configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-standard

Remove ubuntu-standard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-standard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-standard

Dependencies

ubuntu-standard have the following dependencies:

References

ubuntu-standard website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-standard package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.