How To Install unity-session on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-session on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is unity-session
unity-session is:
This package contains the required components for the Unity session. It can be started from a display manager such as LightDM.
There are three methods to install unity-session 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-session 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-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-session
Install unity-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-session
Install unity-session 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-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-session
How To Uninstall unity-session on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the unity-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-session
Uninstall unity-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-session
Remove unity-session Configurations and Data
To remove unity-session configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-session
Remove unity-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-session
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-session package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
