Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is acl
acl is:
This package contains the getfacl and setfacl utilities needed for
manipulating access control lists. It also contains the chacl IRIX
compatible utility.
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There are three methods to install acl 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 acl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install acl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install acl
Install acl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install acl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install acl
Install acl 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 acl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install acl
How To Uninstall acl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the acl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove acl
Uninstall acl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall acl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove acl
Remove acl Configurations and Data
To remove acl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge acl
Remove acl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove acl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
