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Quick installation of apt-file:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: apt-file
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
Package Details | |
| Package: | apt-file |
| Version: | 2.5.0ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | search for files within Debian packages (command-line interface) apt-file is a command line tool for searching files contained in packages for the APT packaging system. You can search in which package a file is included or list the contents of a package without installing or fetching it. If you would prefer not to download the large files used by apt-file you can run rapt-file, which calls a remote server to do the searches. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install apt-file on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If apt-file is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L apt-file' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L apt-file Package `apt-file' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing apt-file:
After system update use the following command to install apt-file:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove apt-file from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the apt-file from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the apt-file following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove apt-file
Following command is used to remove the apt-file package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove apt-file
This will remove apt-file and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing apt-file with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge apt-file
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove apt-file
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with apt-file package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
