How To Install network-manager-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is network-manager-gnome
network-manager-gnome is:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package contains a systray applet for GNOME’s notification area but it also works for other desktop environments which provide a systray like KDE or Xfce. It displays the available networks and allows users to easily switch between them. For encrypted networks it will prompt the user for the key/passphrase and it can optionally store them in the gnome-keyring. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: network-manager-gnome Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.8.24-1ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: net Source: network-manager-applet Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2116 Depends: libappindicator3-1 (>= 0.4.90), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10), libjansson4 (>= 2.0.1), libmm-glib0 (>= 0.7.991), libnm0 (>= 1.11.3), libnma0 (= 1.8.24-1ubuntu2), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, network-manager (>= 1.8), gnome-shell | policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus Recommends: gnome-shell | notification-daemon, gnome-keyring, mobile-broadband-provider-info, iso-codes Suggests: network-manager-openconnect-gnome, network-manager-openvpn-gnome, network-manager-vpnc-gnome, network-manager-pptp-gnome Filename: pool/main/n/network-manager-applet/network-manager-gnome_1.8.24-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 325152 MD5sum: 2cdbdff3a141351d4feeb9f87120a296 SHA1: 8fde484397678d604c65e6f5d6e3d8c860316e06 SHA256: f7ac1d5437bcd9c5bc31c7a080d678b3dcf3ca9cbf819a2ef0f2834db480d7d8 Homepage: https://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ Description-en: network management framework (GNOME frontend) NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package contains a systray applet for GNOME’s notification area but it also works for other desktop environments which provide a systray like KDE or Xfce. It displays the available networks and allows users to easily switch between them. For encrypted networks it will prompt the user for the key/passphrase and it can optionally store them in the gnome-keyring. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install network-manager-gnome 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 network-manager-gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-gnome
Install network-manager-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-gnome
Install network-manager-gnome 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 network-manager-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-gnome
How To Uninstall network-manager-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the network-manager-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-gnome
Uninstall network-manager-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-gnome
Remove network-manager-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-gnome
Remove network-manager-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-gnome
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-gnome package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.