How To Install gnome-software-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-software-dev
gnome-software-dev is:
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
This package contains headers and other files required when compiling external plugins for use with Software.
Package: gnome-software-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: gnome-software Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 132 Depends: libappstream-glib-dev (>= 0.7.14), libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.56.0), libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.22.4), libsoup2.4-dev (>= 2.52.0) Suggests: gnome-software-doc Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software-dev_3.36.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 25912 MD5sum: 602ca3a8bd0a833fdc5e207d7c572ad9 SHA1: 17b69fb34edf9e870a423f5eff7f19c558ad90ad SHA256: ced222ca7e77ca837ed5e84efdf9c4a654b61c151ea00b38021531fd52d06691 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software Description-en: Software Center for GNOME - development files Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
This package contains headers and other files required when compiling external plugins for use with Software.
There are three methods to install gnome-software-dev 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-software-dev 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-software-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software-dev
Install gnome-software-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software-dev
Install gnome-software-dev 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-software-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software-dev
How To Uninstall gnome-software-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-software-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software-dev
Uninstall gnome-software-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software-dev
Remove gnome-software-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-software-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software-dev
Remove gnome-software-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-software-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
