How To Install gnome-shell-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-common
gnome-shell-common is:
This package contains translations and data files for the GNOME shell. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
Package: gnome-shell-common Architecture: all Version: 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: gnome Source: gnome-shell Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2348 Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend Recommends: yaru-theme-gnome-shell Breaks: gnome-shell (« 3.36.1-6~) Replaces: gnome-shell (« 3.36.1-6~) Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-common_3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2_all.deb Size: 151920 MD5sum: c455d2bed4d4814bce01c916395070d9 SHA1: 2d28bbe1548937540e28eeaaf141e45fdb44dc76 SHA256: 19351def4d5474fd226d05d7f5b9d041b46afef5cc68fa4feefead0b47661434 SHA512: b00f1c7627cbb96b7b52c9e574494a9c6f23cad7fb61cb5de01d53b96a178896e8d209b5205473b5ea62d8181472621188a81627fd56930d5207140d55a2d735 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell Description-en: common files for the GNOME graphical shell This package contains translations and data files for the GNOME shell. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
Package: gnome-shell-common Architecture: all Version: 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Source: gnome-shell Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2292 Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend Recommends: yaru-theme-gnome-shell Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-common_3.36.1-5ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 150440 MD5sum: b430ba9ee735b7cceb34c24e5e2a11fe SHA1: e078ce2456f39ec514557f09b427e7c5fffb6656 SHA256: 94744fbba1965ed3e1d8b3a2999e138563769dc6d74003ed154dae8ce644c1d7 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell Description-en: common files for the GNOME graphical shell This package contains translations and data files for the GNOME shell. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-common 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-shell-common 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-shell-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-common
Install gnome-shell-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-common
Install gnome-shell-common 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-shell-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-common
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-common
Uninstall gnome-shell-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-common
Remove gnome-shell-common Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-common
Remove gnome-shell-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.