How To Install libsnapd-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapd-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libsnapd-glib1 is GLib snapd library GLib snapd library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapd-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libsnapd-glib1`

libsnapd-glib1 is:

snapd-glib is a library to allow GLib based applications access to snapd, the daemon that controls Snaps.

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Package: libsnapd-glib1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.57-0ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: snapd-glib Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ayatana Packagers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 364 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.39.2) Suggests: snapd Filename: pool/main/s/snapd-glib/libsnapd-glib1_1.57-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 90248 MD5sum: feec1d3857a92e6920c5437eec51142f SHA1: 27140b95e641e8e20a101ed50c776c75e207997b SHA256: a9a23676bf8f3bfa127f1e00c51ddb80de3138e36d88597dcf1a050c8e3eaedb Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd-glib Description-en: GLib snapd library snapd-glib is a library to allow GLib based applications access to snapd, the daemon that controls Snaps.

There are three methods to install libsnapd-glib1 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 libsnapd-glib1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsnapd-glib1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsnapd-glib1

Install libsnapd-glib1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsnapd-glib1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsnapd-glib1

Install libsnapd-glib1 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 libsnapd-glib1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsnapd-glib1

How To Uninstall libsnapd-glib1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsnapd-glib1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsnapd-glib1

Uninstall libsnapd-glib1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsnapd-glib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsnapd-glib1

Remove libsnapd-glib1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsnapd-glib1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsnapd-glib1

Remove libsnapd-glib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsnapd-glib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsnapd-glib1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnapd-glib1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.