How To Install libexo-2-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libexo-2-0
libexo-2-0 is:
libexo is a library for Xfce that contains a bunch of additional widgets and a framework for editable toolbars (an improved version of the framework present in GNOME), light-weight session management support, functions to automatically synchronize object properties (based on GObject Binding Properties) and several miscellaneous utility and helper functions for application developers.
While Xfce ships with quite a few libraries that are primarily targeted at desktop development, libexo is targeted at application development, with a focus on applications for Xfce.
This package provides GTK-3 version. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: libexo-2-0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.12.11-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: exo Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 373 Depends: libexo-common, libexo-helpers, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libxfce4ui-2-0 (>= 4.11.0), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0) Recommends: liburi-perl Filename: pool/universe/e/exo/libexo-2-0_0.12.11-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 112892 MD5sum: 1b9677ee7ce11b5725fc0d1cae903590 SHA1: 52aa824ae3cdbf18d6995c11d6dd98d25f94f751 SHA256: 06adf270d5f74a1ab81924298a7e892e20aabdc2cd9cfac4eb058333a87479ac Homepage: https://www.xfce.org Description-en: Library with extensions for Xfce (GTK-3 version) libexo is a library for Xfce that contains a bunch of additional widgets and a framework for editable toolbars (an improved version of the framework present in GNOME), light-weight session management support, functions to automatically synchronize object properties (based on GObject Binding Properties) and several miscellaneous utility and helper functions for application developers.
While Xfce ships with quite a few libraries that are primarily targeted at desktop development, libexo is targeted at application development, with a focus on applications for Xfce.
This package provides GTK-3 version. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install libexo-2-0 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 libexo-2-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexo-2-0
Install libexo-2-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexo-2-0
Install libexo-2-0 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 libexo-2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexo-2-0
How To Uninstall libexo-2-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libexo-2-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexo-2-0
Uninstall libexo-2-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexo-2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexo-2-0
Remove libexo-2-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libexo-2-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexo-2-0
Remove libexo-2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexo-2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexo-2-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.