How To Install liblightdm-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblightdm-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblightdm-gobject-1-0
liblightdm-gobject-1-0 is:
A GObject based library for LightDM clients to use to interface with LightDM. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: liblightdm-gobject-1-0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.30.0-0ubuntu3.1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: lightdm Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Robert Ancell [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 173 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libx11-6, libxklavier16 (>= 5.0) Recommends: accountsservice Suggests: lightdm Filename: pool/universe/l/lightdm/liblightdm-gobject-1-0_1.30.0-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb Size: 40160 MD5sum: 621c6620883885262987bb636bc6845b SHA1: 8cbc00fc1df9cdd89fe311d5d39d1dc2e17e6b92 SHA256: e376d330a7f5322565968b1a89b1a3260a16d43a4d22c2ee5be06018d85d46e8 Homepage: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm Description-en: LightDM GObject client library A GObject based library for LightDM clients to use to interface with LightDM. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install liblightdm-gobject-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 liblightdm-gobject-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 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblightdm-gobject-1-0
Install liblightdm-gobject-1-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblightdm-gobject-1-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblightdm-gobject-1-0
Install liblightdm-gobject-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 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblightdm-gobject-1-0
How To Uninstall liblightdm-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblightdm-gobject-1-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblightdm-gobject-1-0
Uninstall liblightdm-gobject-1-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblightdm-gobject-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 liblightdm-gobject-1-0
Remove liblightdm-gobject-1-0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblightdm-gobject-1-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblightdm-gobject-1-0
Remove liblightdm-gobject-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblightdm-gobject-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblightdm-gobject-1-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblightdm-gobject-1-0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
