How To Install unity-scope-googlenews on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-googlenews on Ubuntu 18.04. unity-scope-googlenews is Google News scope for Unity

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-googlenews on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is unity-scope-googlenews

unity-scope-googlenews is:

This package contains the “google news” scope which allows Unity to search for google news content.

There are three methods to install unity-scope-googlenews 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 unity-scope-googlenews Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-googlenews using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-googlenews

Install unity-scope-googlenews Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-googlenews using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install unity-scope-googlenews

Install unity-scope-googlenews 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 unity-scope-googlenews using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-googlenews

How To Uninstall unity-scope-googlenews on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the unity-scope-googlenews package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-googlenews

Uninstall unity-scope-googlenews And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unity-scope-googlenews and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-scope-googlenews

Remove unity-scope-googlenews Configurations and Data

To remove unity-scope-googlenews configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-googlenews

Remove unity-scope-googlenews configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove unity-scope-googlenews configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-googlenews

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Summary

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