How To Install gnome-software on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-software
gnome-software 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. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gnome-software Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 6646 Depends: appstream, apt-config-icons, gnome-software-common (= 3.36.0-0ubuntu3), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.18), libgtk3-perl, packagekit (>= 1.1.11), software-properties-gtk, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfwupd2 (>= 1.3.3), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.61.2), libgspell-1-2 (>= 1.8.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.29), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.55), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52.0), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.7) Recommends: gnome-software-plugin-snap, fwupd Suggests: apt-config-icons-hidpi, gnome-software-plugin-flatpak Conflicts: sessioninstaller Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software_3.36.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 895028 MD5sum: a0329425004303fe6e6d02ec9a1236e4 SHA1: b44f14b07ae224d594696a2e6af4b7c79f5fc923 SHA256: c2332f6dfa439f9858f345ada9e792a29d67be799376cd184426120a4f89fbd3 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software Description-en: Software Center for GNOME 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. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-software 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software
Install gnome-software Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software
Install gnome-software 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software
How To Uninstall gnome-software on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-software package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software
Uninstall gnome-software And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software 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
Remove gnome-software Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-software configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software
Remove gnome-software configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-software configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
