How To Install ldh-gui-suite on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldh-gui-suite on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ldh-gui-suite
ldh-gui-suite is:
LDH GUI Suite provides access to Liberty Deckplan Host (LDH) services using GNOME Web for application wrappers.
The suite provides application wrappers for the following clients:
- Social - client for the social networking service Smilodon
- Hub - configuration interface for the Liberty Deckplan Host
Smilodon is a self-hosted and federated social networking service https://source.puri.sm/liberty/smilodon, similar to (and created as a fork of) Mastodon.
A Liberty Deckplan Host (LDH) is a single domain implementing the concrete configuration plan defined at https://source.puri.sm/liberty/services.
There are three methods to install ldh-gui-suite 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 ldh-gui-suite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldh-gui-suite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldh-gui-suite
Install ldh-gui-suite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldh-gui-suite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldh-gui-suite
Install ldh-gui-suite 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 ldh-gui-suite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldh-gui-suite
How To Uninstall ldh-gui-suite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ldh-gui-suite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldh-gui-suite
Uninstall ldh-gui-suite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldh-gui-suite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldh-gui-suite
Remove ldh-gui-suite Configurations and Data
To remove ldh-gui-suite configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldh-gui-suite
Remove ldh-gui-suite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldh-gui-suite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldh-gui-suite
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldh-gui-suite package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
