How To Install ubuntu-core-snapd-units on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-core-snapd-units on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-core-snapd-units
ubuntu-core-snapd-units is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed. Task: ubuntu-core
Package: ubuntu-core-snapd-units Architecture: all Version: 2.48.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 154 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/main/s/snapd/ubuntu-core-snapd-units_2.48.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1604 MD5sum: 9df5e3e0834f2c3684ccfcc61c180625 SHA1: 55d56ed887c34ea830045e69332b204e6aa121a6 SHA256: 20ad16e91ff74e37d5f008918e64f5c72507bff83f33ec63ed8733740d3b3e29 SHA512: 9c70837b59e228d9737aeca28054bd13b1f4f2e614a19be8ed98df0d40a070fed27f78e34a497a569862885af8b4303036d93389607c77a23d17bd6f57305046 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed. Task: ubuntu-core
Package: ubuntu-core-snapd-units Architecture: all Version: 2.44.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 130 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/main/s/snapd/ubuntu-core-snapd-units_2.44.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1608 MD5sum: 38e0f94b9492d80b1273687aceb68f13 SHA1: f5b097a16390cfa3046682b1dd6288a4170ba43c SHA256: 1ca76187168582c02d9ab18944dec3e7c3e39ed41cd2605425950926653cd1eb Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed. Task: ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install ubuntu-core-snapd-units 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 ubuntu-core-snapd-units Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-core-snapd-units using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Install ubuntu-core-snapd-units Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-core-snapd-units using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Install ubuntu-core-snapd-units 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 ubuntu-core-snapd-units using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-core-snapd-units
How To Uninstall ubuntu-core-snapd-units on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-core-snapd-units package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Uninstall ubuntu-core-snapd-units And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-core-snapd-units and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Remove ubuntu-core-snapd-units Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-core-snapd-units configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Remove ubuntu-core-snapd-units configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-core-snapd-units configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-core-snapd-units
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-core-snapd-units package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.