How To Install gnome-initial-setup on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-initial-setup
gnome-initial-setup is:
After acquiring or installing a new system there are a few essential things to set up before use. GNOME Initial Setup aims to provide a simple, easy, and safe way to prepare a new system.
GNOME Initial Setup runs the first time you log in to the GNOME desktop and lets you easily configure your language, keyboard layout, online accounts integration, and more.
If you want to configure these things at any other time, run the Settings app. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
Package: gnome-initial-setup Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1616 Depends: libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.24), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.28), libcheese8 (>= 3.18.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libgdm1 (>= 3.8.3), libgeoclue-2-0 (>= 2.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.1), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.5.90), libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (>= 3.10.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.29), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.13.91), libibus-1.0-5 (>= 1.5.2), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.8+dfsg), libnm0 (>= 1.0.0), libnma0 (>= 1.1.90), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.32.5), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.32.5), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.103), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0), librest-0.7-0 (>= 0.7), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.18.8), libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.42), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsysmetrics1 (>= 1.0.5), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.5.3), policykit-1 (>= 0.103), adduser, gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.24), gnome-control-center-data Recommends: gnome-getting-started-docs, gnome-keyring Suggests: gdm3 Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-initial-setup/gnome-initial-setup_3.36.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 942188 MD5sum: 2ab9dedc3a4ccc611606e7fccf7bbf21 SHA1: 3ec57daedcb0962f275d586bb3a3e62a867cef15 SHA256: 3e8171030410bd53cb1200e0b5a1287131650f78b12e96b59d4fd70ef7be459b Homepage: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-initial-setup/ Description-en: Initial GNOME system setup helper After acquiring or installing a new system there are a few essential things to set up before use. GNOME Initial Setup aims to provide a simple, easy, and safe way to prepare a new system.
GNOME Initial Setup runs the first time you log in to the GNOME desktop and lets you easily configure your language, keyboard layout, online accounts integration, and more.
If you want to configure these things at any other time, run the Settings app. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-initial-setup 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 gnome-initial-setup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-initial-setup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-initial-setup
Install gnome-initial-setup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-initial-setup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-initial-setup
Install gnome-initial-setup 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 gnome-initial-setup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-initial-setup
How To Uninstall gnome-initial-setup on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-initial-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-initial-setup
Uninstall gnome-initial-setup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-initial-setup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-initial-setup
Remove gnome-initial-setup Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-initial-setup configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-initial-setup
Remove gnome-initial-setup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-initial-setup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-initial-setup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
