Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autorenamer on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is autorenamer
autorenamer is:
This is a simple graphical program that lets you reorder the files using
drag-and-drop and then changes the names of the files such that their
alphabetical sorting matches the ordering you chose. You can also shuffle
the files.
Currently the renaming consists of prepending each filename with a short
number.
The program displays thumbnails of files using GNOME libraries.
There are three methods to install autorenamer 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 autorenamer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autorenamer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autorenamer
Install autorenamer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autorenamer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autorenamer
Install autorenamer 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 autorenamer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autorenamer
How To Uninstall autorenamer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the autorenamer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autorenamer
Uninstall autorenamer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autorenamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autorenamer
Remove autorenamer Configurations and Data
To remove autorenamer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autorenamer
Remove autorenamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autorenamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autorenamer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autorenamer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
