How To Install lubuntu-update-notifier on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lubuntu-update-notifier on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lubuntu-update-notifier
lubuntu-update-notifier is:
Package includes a bash daemon (lubuntu-upg-notifier.sh) which checks if there are updates available. If there are it opens notifier.py which is a window that notifies about package updates available. If you decide to upgrade a full upgrade (not safe-upgrade) with the upgrader binary will take place.
Upgrader can also be run alone, it can be chosen to run cache update before and if a safe or full upgrade will be done. There is also a .desktop to call upgrader with cache update and a full upgrade.
There are three methods to install lubuntu-update-notifier on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lubuntu-update-notifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lubuntu-update-notifier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lubuntu-update-notifier
Install lubuntu-update-notifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lubuntu-update-notifier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lubuntu-update-notifier
Install lubuntu-update-notifier 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 lubuntu-update-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lubuntu-update-notifier
How To Uninstall lubuntu-update-notifier on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lubuntu-update-notifier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lubuntu-update-notifier
Uninstall lubuntu-update-notifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lubuntu-update-notifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lubuntu-update-notifier
Remove lubuntu-update-notifier Configurations and Data
To remove lubuntu-update-notifier configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lubuntu-update-notifier
Remove lubuntu-update-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lubuntu-update-notifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lubuntu-update-notifier
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lubuntu-update-notifier package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
