How To Install kylin-greeter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-greeter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kylin-greeter
kylin-greeter is:
The greeter for the Kylin desktop fork from unity-greeter.
There are three methods to install kylin-greeter 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 kylin-greeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-greeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kylin-greeter
Install kylin-greeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-greeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kylin-greeter
Install kylin-greeter 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 kylin-greeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kylin-greeter
How To Uninstall kylin-greeter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kylin-greeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kylin-greeter
Uninstall kylin-greeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kylin-greeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kylin-greeter
Remove kylin-greeter Configurations and Data
To remove kylin-greeter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kylin-greeter
Remove kylin-greeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kylin-greeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kylin-greeter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-greeter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
