How to install Equival on Ubuntu 16.04
How to install Equival on Ubuntu 16.04
The Equival is a simple application that allows switching between different units like weight and length conversion. It is widely used by professional who usually work with different system or who need to express results in differnet units. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Equival on Ubuntu.
Installation procedure
To start the installation procedure, add the repo to the target system by executing the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
Applications from atareao
More info: https://launchpad.net/~atareao/+archive/ubuntu/atareao
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpt43ddijg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpt43ddijg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 36FD5529 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpt43ddijg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 36FD5529: public key " Launchpad PPA for atareao" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:imported: 1(RSA: 1)
OK
The repo is added successfully. Now update the repo in the system using the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [6,296 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [6,288 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [3,348 B]
Get:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 340 kB in 2s (120 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Install the Equival package and press y to continue with the installation process.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install equival -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
equival
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 475 not upgraded.
Need to get 250 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,250 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 equival amd64 0.6.0-0extras14.04.2 [250 kB]
Fetched 250 kB in 6s (41.6 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package equival.
(Reading database ... 176594 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../equival_0.6.0-0extras14.04.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking equival (0.6.0-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up equival (0.6.0-0extras14.04.2) ...
For opening the equival package, type the package name in the Ubuntu dashboard and run the application.
Now the application is running succesfully and the user can use the application to see the conversion process.
For removing the package, execute the following command and press y to continue with the uninstallation process.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove equival -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
equival
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 475 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,250 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 176610 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing equival (0.6.0-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ..
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? The Equival was originally developed in French language.
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