How To Install gnome-shell-extension-prefs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-prefs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-prefs
gnome-shell-extension-prefs is:
This package contains a tool which users who use Shell extensions can use to toggle them on and off, and access their preferences.
Package: gnome-shell-extension-prefs Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 70 Depends: gnome-shell (= 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2), gnome-shell-common (= 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2) Recommends: chrome-gnome-shell Breaks: gnome-shell (« 3.36.0-2) Replaces: gnome-shell (« 3.36.0-2) Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-extension-prefs_3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 6368 MD5sum: 29295bf916476cfb0c0fd661a09463a5 SHA1: 37176813edc01909e6e82589220f344e06ec9f41 SHA256: cb250df0334545b189da2f6ec4556dc5a781a39f51d0f2b8cfde3928c8ea9d94 SHA512: 04c71c03a08a303b5d755a1736affa82cd8f6525421b3d545d68ded7e06416f8cd5176138fe77ab61a80993c85f8f6d14ad2fe87426695942a97d5e18d0be398 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell Description-en: tool to enable / disable GNOME Shell extensions This package contains a tool which users who use Shell extensions can use to toggle them on and off, and access their preferences.
Package: gnome-shell-extension-prefs Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 65 Depends: gnome-shell (= 3.36.1-5ubuntu1), gnome-shell-common (= 3.36.1-5ubuntu1) Breaks: gnome-shell (« 3.36.0-2) Replaces: gnome-shell (« 3.36.0-2) Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-extension-prefs_3.36.1-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5672 MD5sum: 42336c359e5aaa5a955fbd4866c6c106 SHA1: c429186c02275ae372e4770dd6df15441bc94eef SHA256: 38e973f8773bf6ef2053163a152ffd8824644e35b63b689ca6bc82a8ce1b5aff Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell Description-en: tool to enable / disable GNOME Shell extensions This package contains a tool which users who use Shell extensions can use to toggle them on and off, and access their preferences.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-prefs 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-extension-prefs 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-extension-prefs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-prefs
Install gnome-shell-extension-prefs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-prefs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-prefs
Install gnome-shell-extension-prefs 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-extension-prefs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-prefs
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-prefs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-prefs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-prefs
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-prefs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-prefs 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-extension-prefs
Remove gnome-shell-extension-prefs Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-prefs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-prefs
Remove gnome-shell-extension-prefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-prefs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-prefs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-prefs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
