How To Install zypper-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 380 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-common on Ubuntu.
What is zypper-common
zypper-common is:
Zypper is a command line tool for managing software. It can be used to add package repositories, search for packages, install, remove, or update packages, install patches, hardware drivers, verify dependencies, and more. Zypper can be used interactively or non-interactively by user, from scripts, or front-ends.
This package contains the arch-independent files of the zypper software manager.
There are three methods to install zypper-common 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 zypper-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zypper-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zypper-common
Install zypper-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zypper-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zypper-common
Install zypper-common 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 zypper-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zypper-common
How To Uninstall zypper-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zypper-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zypper-common
Uninstall zypper-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zypper-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zypper-common
Remove zypper-common Configurations and Data
To remove zypper-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zypper-common
Remove zypper-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zypper-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zypper-common
Dependencies
zypper-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.