How To Install gnome-sharp2-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sharp2-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. gnome-sharp2-examples is sample applications for GNOME# 2.24

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sharp2-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnome-sharp2-examples

gnome-sharp2-examples is:

GNOME# 2.24 is a CLI (.NET) language binding for the GNOME 2.24 platform libraries.

This package contains some example programs that are distributed with the GTK# assemblies, including source to build them and learn from them.

There are three methods to install gnome-sharp2-examples 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 gnome-sharp2-examples 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-sharp2-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-sharp2-examples

Install gnome-sharp2-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-sharp2-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-sharp2-examples

Install gnome-sharp2-examples 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-sharp2-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-sharp2-examples

How To Uninstall gnome-sharp2-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gnome-sharp2-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-sharp2-examples

Uninstall gnome-sharp2-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-sharp2-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-sharp2-examples

Remove gnome-sharp2-examples Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-sharp2-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-sharp2-examples

Remove gnome-sharp2-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-sharp2-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-sharp2-examples

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sharp2-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.