How To Install unison-all-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-all-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. unison-all-gtk is file synchronization tool (all GTK+ versions)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-all-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is unison-all-gtk

unison-all-gtk is:

This is a metapackage that depends on all supported GTK+ versions of Unison, a file synchronization tool.

Each of the supported versions uses a different protocol version; installing this metapackage ensures the ability to synchronize with old systems.

There are three methods to install unison-all-gtk 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 unison-all-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install unison-all-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install unison-all-gtk

Install unison-all-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install unison-all-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install unison-all-gtk

Install unison-all-gtk 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 unison-all-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unison-all-gtk

How To Uninstall unison-all-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the unison-all-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unison-all-gtk

Uninstall unison-all-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unison-all-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unison-all-gtk

Remove unison-all-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove unison-all-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unison-all-gtk

Remove unison-all-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unison-all-gtk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-all-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.