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Install bash on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install bash

Learn how to install bash with the command sudo apt-get install bash on Ubuntus.

Quick installation of bash Essential: yes:

Step 1: Update system:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: bash Essential: yes

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

sudo apt-get install bash
Essential: yes

Package Details

Package:bash Essential: yes
Version:4.2-2ubuntu2.6
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Description:GNU Bourne Again SHell Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh). . Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2). . The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in the bash-completion package. Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:shells

How to install bash Essential: yes on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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 bash Essential: yes is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L bash Essential: yes' will give followin error.




	

Installing bash Essential: yes:

After system update use the following command to install bash Essential: yes:

sudo apt-get install bash
Essential: yes

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 bash Essential: yes from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the bash Essential: yes 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 bash Essential: yes following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  bash
Essential: yes

Following command is used to remove the bash Essential: yes package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove bash
Essential: yes

This will remove bash Essential: yes and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing bash Essential: yes with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge bash
Essential: yes

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove bash
Essential: yes

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with bash Essential: yes package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.

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