How To Install packagekit-gtk3-module on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is packagekit-gtk3-module
packagekit-gtk3-module is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.
Package: packagekit-gtk3-module Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: packagekit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 54 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) Recommends: gnome-software | apper | packagekit-installer Breaks: gnome-packagekit (« 3.2.1-1) Filename: pool/universe/p/packagekit/packagekit-gtk3-module_1.1.13-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9324 MD5sum: bd98bd6cbfe97579cc6338736636be36 SHA1: 5acc84f2c883a55268a9b13853b86e633cd5cbbe SHA256: 1e101e869da98a515782a395e28f64b8477ed92edaf9f9512e62248549a48aa9 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/ Description-en: Install fonts automatically using PackageKit PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.
There are three methods to install packagekit-gtk3-module 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 packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
Install packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
Install packagekit-gtk3-module 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 packagekit-gtk3-module using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
How To Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the packagekit-gtk3-module package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packagekit-gtk3-module
Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-gtk3-module
Remove packagekit-gtk3-module Configurations and Data
To remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-gtk3-module
Remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packagekit-gtk3-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-gtk3-module
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
