How To Install wims-help 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 wims-help on Ubuntu.
What is wims-help
wims-help is:
Wims’ modules implement every user interface beyond its main page, this package features the help modules.
WIMS is an acronym for WWW Interactive Mathematics Server. Nowadays WIMS serves much more than mathematic contents (physics, chemistry, biology, languages).
The WIMS educational platform features a rich set of resources and exercises either with free access or for personalised study.
There are three methods to install wims-help 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 wims-help Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-help using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wims-help
Install wims-help Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-help using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wims-help
Install wims-help 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 wims-help using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wims-help
How To Uninstall wims-help on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wims-help package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wims-help
Uninstall wims-help And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wims-help and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wims-help
Remove wims-help Configurations and Data
To remove wims-help configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wims-help
Remove wims-help configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wims-help configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wims-help
Dependencies
wims-help have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wims-help package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.