How To Install xless 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 xless on Ubuntu.
What is xless
xless is:
xless allows you to view information in an X window. It allows filename (or multiple filenames) arguments, or input via STDIN. It can print the current buffer and do regular expression searches.
There are three methods to install xless 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 xless Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xless using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xless
Install xless Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xless using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xless
Install xless 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 xless using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xless
How To Uninstall xless on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xless package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xless
Uninstall xless And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xless and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xless
Remove xless Configurations and Data
To remove xless configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xless
Remove xless configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xless configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xless
Dependencies
xless have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xless package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.