How To Install libgarcon-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgarcon-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libgarcon-1-0 is freedesktop.org compliant menu implementation for Xfce

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgarcon-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgarcon-1-0

libgarcon-1-0 is:

garcon is a menu implementation that is compliant with the Desktop Menu Specification of freedesktop.org

This package contains the core library and the GTK2 support library. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop

There are three methods to install libgarcon-1-0 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 libgarcon-1-0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgarcon-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgarcon-1-0

Install libgarcon-1-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgarcon-1-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgarcon-1-0

Install libgarcon-1-0 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 libgarcon-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgarcon-1-0

How To Uninstall libgarcon-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgarcon-1-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgarcon-1-0

Uninstall libgarcon-1-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgarcon-1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgarcon-1-0

Remove libgarcon-1-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgarcon-1-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgarcon-1-0

Remove libgarcon-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgarcon-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgarcon-1-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgarcon-1-0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.