How To Install plymouth-disabler on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-disabler on Ubuntu 22.04. plymouth-disabler is disable plymouth by installing .override files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-disabler on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is plymouth-disabler

plymouth-disabler is:

This disables plymouth from running by installing .override files for each of the plymouth jobs. Its sole purpose is to work around bug 1235231.

There are three methods to install plymouth-disabler 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 plymouth-disabler Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plymouth-disabler

Install plymouth-disabler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plymouth-disabler

Install plymouth-disabler 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 plymouth-disabler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plymouth-disabler

How To Uninstall plymouth-disabler on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the plymouth-disabler package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plymouth-disabler

Uninstall plymouth-disabler And Its Dependencies

To uninstall plymouth-disabler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plymouth-disabler

Remove plymouth-disabler Configurations and Data

To remove plymouth-disabler configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plymouth-disabler

Remove plymouth-disabler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plymouth-disabler

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-disabler package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.