How To Install ubiquity-frontend-debconf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubiquity-frontend-debconf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubiquity-frontend-debconf
ubiquity-frontend-debconf is:
This package provides a debconf-based user interface frontend for the Ubiquity live CD installer.
Package: ubiquity-frontend-debconf Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.04.15 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: ubiquity Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Installer Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2649 Provides: ubiquity-frontend-20.04.15 Depends: bogl-bterm (>= 0.1.18-2ubuntu4), debconf (>= 1.5.24ubuntu2) | cdebconf, tasksel, ubiquity (= 20.04.15), python3:any (>= 3.1~) Filename: pool/main/u/ubiquity/ubiquity-frontend-debconf_20.04.15_amd64.deb Size: 450800 MD5sum: 3d52accc6c574ac3a1fcf9b76036b32b SHA1: ab4a2a73d1b2d9e1b0266c02299b486eff450e9d SHA256: a896949046b4e62fe56fe651162e025f39b8e5b9953b1df5ff2873e15a960bc6 Description-en: debconf frontend for the Ubiquity live installer This package provides a debconf-based user interface frontend for the Ubiquity live CD installer.
There are three methods to install ubiquity-frontend-debconf 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 ubiquity-frontend-debconf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubiquity-frontend-debconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubiquity-frontend-debconf
Install ubiquity-frontend-debconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubiquity-frontend-debconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubiquity-frontend-debconf
Install ubiquity-frontend-debconf 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 ubiquity-frontend-debconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubiquity-frontend-debconf
How To Uninstall ubiquity-frontend-debconf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubiquity-frontend-debconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubiquity-frontend-debconf
Uninstall ubiquity-frontend-debconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubiquity-frontend-debconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubiquity-frontend-debconf
Remove ubiquity-frontend-debconf Configurations and Data
To remove ubiquity-frontend-debconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubiquity-frontend-debconf
Remove ubiquity-frontend-debconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubiquity-frontend-debconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubiquity-frontend-debconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubiquity-frontend-debconf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.