I accidentally uninstalled aptURL
from my PC. I use Ubuntu 14.04. I can't install any apps. If anyone know the steps to regain it, please help!I can't find a way to re-install aptURL
.
1 Answer
You can easily restore it from a terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T) using the command
sudo apt-get install apturl
I may quote the manpage of apturl (command man apturl
):
apturl is a simple graphical application that takes an URL (following the apt-protocol) as a command line option, parses it and
carries out the operations that the URL describes (that is, it asks the user if he wants the indicated packages to be installed and if the answer is positive does so).
That means apturl is not needed to install packages directly, but just to resolve links like apt:packagename
in websites to open the Software Center and install the linked package. Therefore you are still able to use command line tools like apt-get and probably even the Software Center to install packages.