How To Install vim-subtitles 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 vim-subtitles on Ubuntu.
What is vim-subtitles
vim-subtitles is:
The vim-subtitles package provides filetype detection and syntax highlighting for subtitle files in the following formats:
MicroDVD format (files ending with “.sub”) Subrip format (files ending with “.srt”) Mplayer format (files ending with “.mpsub”)
There are three methods to install vim-subtitles 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 vim-subtitles Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-subtitles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-subtitles
Install vim-subtitles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-subtitles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-subtitles
Install vim-subtitles 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 vim-subtitles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-subtitles
How To Uninstall vim-subtitles on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vim-subtitles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-subtitles
Uninstall vim-subtitles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-subtitles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-subtitles
Remove vim-subtitles Configurations and Data
To remove vim-subtitles configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-subtitles
Remove vim-subtitles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-subtitles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-subtitles
Dependencies
vim-subtitles have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-subtitles package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.