How To Install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
gnome-software-plugin-flatpak is:
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the appdata format.
This package contains the Flatpak plugin.
Package: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome 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: 343 Depends: flatpak, gnome-software (= 3.36.0-0ubuntu3), libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.16), libc6 (>= 2.29), libflatpak0 (>= 1.5.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.4), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0), libostree-1-1 (>= 2017.10), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52.0), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.7) Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-software/gnome-software-plugin-flatpak_3.36.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 97760 MD5sum: a34e70fa2add9433291589fa2a28b22c SHA1: d65fb2307b2626bb0cbe6c27d328e7e95780067c SHA256: 2a694c5d5264d1fac1d746325e5005246c134ecd1684c0563b28c582879f0afb Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software Description-en: Flatpak support for GNOME Software Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the appdata format.
This package contains the Flatpak plugin.
There are three methods to install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak 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-plugin-flatpak 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-plugin-flatpak using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
Install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
Install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak 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-plugin-flatpak using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
How To Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-flatpak on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-software-plugin-flatpak package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-flatpak And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software-plugin-flatpak 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-plugin-flatpak
Remove gnome-software-plugin-flatpak Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-software-plugin-flatpak configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
Remove gnome-software-plugin-flatpak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-software-plugin-flatpak configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.