How To Install ubuntu-software on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-software
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ubuntu-software
ubuntu-software is:
Ubuntu Software lets you browse and install the applications available for Ubuntu. You can view available software by category, or search by name or description. You can also examine the software already installed, and remove items you no longer need.
To install or remove software using Ubuntu Software, you need administrator access on the computer.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-software
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-software 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-software
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-software
Install ubuntu-software Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-software
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-software
Install ubuntu-software 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-software
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-software
How To Uninstall ubuntu-software on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-software
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-software
Uninstall ubuntu-software And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-software
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-software
Remove ubuntu-software Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-software
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-software
Remove ubuntu-software configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-software
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-software
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-software
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.