How To Install exo-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exo-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is exo-utils
exo-utils is:
This package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0 which are:
- exo-csource
- exo-desktop-item-edit
- exo-open
- exo-preferred-applications Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: exo-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.12.11-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: exo Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 190 Depends: libexo-2-0 (= 0.12.11-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.0), libxfce4ui-2-0 (>= 4.11.0), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0) Breaks: xfce4-cddrive-plugin (<= 0.0.1-0ubuntu2), xfce4-volstatus-icon (<= 0.1.0-0ubuntu5) Filename: pool/universe/e/exo/exo-utils_0.12.11-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 46252 MD5sum: b2efc2cf1119a8da3c68760eff263f20 SHA1: c4efbf108bac8ed5b049c45471c421e934c6061e SHA256: 38f0419f9ed2af47c73d7b62f61be2ab38a7b8b2cf2ed9eb0592e3ac8341dc29 Homepage: https://www.xfce.org Description-en: Utility files for libexo This package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0 which are:
- exo-csource
- exo-desktop-item-edit
- exo-open
- exo-preferred-applications Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install exo-utils
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 exo-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exo-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exo-utils
Install exo-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exo-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exo-utils
Install exo-utils 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 exo-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exo-utils
How To Uninstall exo-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the exo-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exo-utils
Uninstall exo-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exo-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exo-utils
Remove exo-utils Configurations and Data
To remove exo-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exo-utils
Remove exo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exo-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exo-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exo-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.