How To Install gcu-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcu-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gcu-plugin
gcu-plugin is:
The GNOME Chemistry Utils provide C++ classes and Gtk+-2 widgets related to chemistry. They will be used in future versions of both gcrystal and gchempaint.
This package provides a browser plugin for Gecko-based browsers. It does not (yet) work with WebKit-based browsers.
There are three methods to install gcu-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gcu-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcu-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcu-plugin
Install gcu-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcu-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcu-plugin
Install gcu-plugin 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 gcu-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcu-plugin
How To Uninstall gcu-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gcu-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcu-plugin
Uninstall gcu-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcu-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcu-plugin
Remove gcu-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove gcu-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcu-plugin
Remove gcu-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcu-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcu-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcu-plugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
