How To Install 0install on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 0install on Ubuntu 22.04. 0install is the cross-distribution packaging system

Introduction

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 0install on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `0install`

0install is:

Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system available under the LGPL. It allows software developers to publish programs directly from their own web-sites, while supporting features familiar from centralised distribution repositories such as shared libraries, automatic updates and digital signatures. It is intended to complement, rather than replace, the operating system’s package management. 0install packages never interfere with those provided by the distribution.

This package includes the GTK GUI for 0install. If you have a headless system, install just the 0install-core package to avoid pulling in any GUI dependencies.

There are three ways to install 0install Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections, we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 0install Using apt-get

Update the apt database apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating the apt database, We can install 0install using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 0install

Install 0install Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating the apt database, We can install 0install using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 0install

Install 0install 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 the apt database, We can install 0install using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 0install

How To Uninstall 0install on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the 0install the package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 0install

Uninstall 0install And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 0install and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 0install

Remove 0install Configurations and Data

To remove 0install configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 0install

Remove 0install configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 0install configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 0install

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Summary

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 0install the package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get, and aptitude.