Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansifilter-gui on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ansifilter-gui
ansifilter-gui is:
ANSI codes are commands embedded in a text stream to add formatting
instructions into text. These codes are interpreted by terminal emulators like
xterm or Putty.
ANSIFilter parses common ANSI codes to remove them or to convert them to
another colored text file format (HTML, TeX, LaTeX, RTF, Pango or BBCode).
Support for ANSI art files (based on codepage 437 and ANSI.SYS sequences or BIN
/XBIN/TND files) is enabled with the –art-cp437, –art-bin and –art-tundra
options.
This package provides a GUI application.
There are three methods to install ansifilter-gui on 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 ansifilter-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ansifilter-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ansifilter-gui
Install ansifilter-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ansifilter-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ansifilter-gui
Install ansifilter-gui 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 ansifilter-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ansifilter-gui
How To Uninstall ansifilter-gui on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ansifilter-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ansifilter-gui
Uninstall ansifilter-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ansifilter-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansifilter-gui
Remove ansifilter-gui Configurations and Data
To remove ansifilter-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ansifilter-gui
Remove ansifilter-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ansifilter-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansifilter-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansifilter-gui package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
