Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedom-maker
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is freedom-maker
freedom-maker is:
FreedomBox is a personal cloud server which can be installed on single board
computers and Debian machines.
Freedom-Maker is a tool to build images for FreedomBox for various supported
hardware that can then be copied to SD card, USB stick or Hard Disk drive to
boot into FreedomBox.
There are three methods to install freedom-maker
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freedom-maker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freedom-maker
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freedom-maker
Install freedom-maker Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freedom-maker
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freedom-maker
Install freedom-maker 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 freedom-maker
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freedom-maker
How To Uninstall freedom-maker on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the freedom-maker
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freedom-maker
Uninstall freedom-maker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freedom-maker
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedom-maker
Remove freedom-maker Configurations and Data
To remove freedom-maker
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freedom-maker
Remove freedom-maker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freedom-maker
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedom-maker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedom-maker
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.