How To Install gnome-translate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-translate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-translate
gnome-translate is:
GNOME Translate is a GNOME interface to libtranslate. It can translate a text or web page between several natural languages, and it can automatically detect the source language as you type.
There are three methods to install gnome-translate on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-translate 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-translate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-translate
Install gnome-translate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-translate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-translate
Install gnome-translate 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-translate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-translate
How To Uninstall gnome-translate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-translate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-translate
Uninstall gnome-translate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-translate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-translate
Remove gnome-translate Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-translate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-translate
Remove gnome-translate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-translate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-translate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-translate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
