How To Install what-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 what-utils on Ubuntu.

What is what-utils

what-utils is:

• what-provides - what package provides some file or executable

• what-repo - what repository provides some package
• what-source - what source package provides some binary package

There are three methods to install what-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 what-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 what-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install what-utils

Install what-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install what-utils

Install what-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 what-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install what-utils

How To Uninstall what-utils on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the what-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove what-utils

Uninstall what-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove what-utils

Remove what-utils Configurations and Data

To remove what-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge what-utils

Remove what-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge what-utils

Dependencies

what-utils have the following dependencies:

References

• what-utils website

Summary

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