Ubuntu Cheatsheet

Install and Uninstall Package

Install tar.gz file (tarball)

1. Untar with tar xvf package-name.tar.gz
2. cd package-name
3. ./configure
4. make
5. sudo make install

Basic install

• sudo apt-get install package-name

Install specific verion of package

• sudo apt-get install package-name=version

Uninstall with apt-get

• sudo apt-get remove package-name

Show available versions

• apt-cache policy package-name