How To Install gosa-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gosa-desktop
gosa-desktop is:
This package includes a Gosa² menu definition for your desktop environment.
GOsa² is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.
There are three methods to install gosa-desktop 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 gosa-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gosa-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gosa-desktop
Install gosa-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gosa-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gosa-desktop
Install gosa-desktop 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 gosa-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gosa-desktop
How To Uninstall gosa-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gosa-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gosa-desktop
Uninstall gosa-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gosa-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-desktop
Remove gosa-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove gosa-desktop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-desktop
Remove gosa-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gosa-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-desktop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-desktop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
