Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansifilter on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ansifilter
ansifilter 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.
There are three methods to install ansifilter 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ansifilter
Install ansifilter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ansifilter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ansifilter
Install ansifilter 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ansifilter
How To Uninstall ansifilter on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ansifilter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ansifilter
Uninstall ansifilter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ansifilter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansifilter
Remove ansifilter Configurations and Data
To remove ansifilter configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ansifilter
Remove ansifilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ansifilter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansifilter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansifilter package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
