How To Install urlscan 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 urlscan on Ubuntu.
What is urlscan
urlscan is:
urlscan searches for URLs in email messages, then displays a list of them in the current terminal. It is primarily meant as a replacement for urlview, which it improves upon in the following ways:
- urlscan understands email encodings such as quoted-printable; urlview does not.
- urlscan extracts and displays the context surrounding each URL.
There are three methods to install urlscan 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 urlscan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install urlscan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urlscan
Install urlscan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install urlscan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urlscan
Install urlscan 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 urlscan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urlscan
How To Uninstall urlscan on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the urlscan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urlscan
Uninstall urlscan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urlscan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urlscan
Remove urlscan Configurations and Data
To remove urlscan configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urlscan
Remove urlscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urlscan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urlscan
Dependencies
urlscan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlscan package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.