How To Install update-notifier on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install update-notifier
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is update-notifier
update-notifier is:
Puts an icon in the user’s notification area when package updates are available. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: update-notifier Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 298 Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.192.30.5 Depends: libappindicator3-1 (>= 0.2.92), libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, update-notifier-common (= 3.192.30.5), python3-dbus, ubuntu-drivers-common, update-manager-gnome | update-manager (>= 1:17.04.3), ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk, gnome-shell | notification-daemon, policykit-1 Recommends: apport-gtk (>= 2.8-0ubuntu3), python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets | synaptic (>= 0.75.12), software-properties-gtk, anacron, python3-aptdaemon Conffiles: /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop a2bb107ab273569b524bffebd4a0dca7 Description-en: Daemon which notifies about package updates Puts an icon in the user’s notification area when package updates are available.
Package: update-notifier Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.192.30 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 298 Depends: libappindicator3-1 (>= 0.2.92), libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, update-notifier-common (= 3.192.30), python3-dbus, update-manager-gnome | update-manager (>= 1:17.04.3), ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk, gnome-shell | notification-daemon, policykit-1 Recommends: apport-gtk (>= 2.8-0ubuntu3), python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets | synaptic (>= 0.75.12), software-properties-gtk, anacron, python3-aptdaemon Filename: pool/main/u/update-notifier/update-notifier_3.192.30_amd64.deb Size: 55744 MD5sum: ed33292d93f29f8dff29d7864f9e6e11 SHA1: 8bc61deb3cffde6d1509da96db6547b56d9b56ea SHA256: f44ccee385cb99c08964c979d190baf2cd794cce83ffe0e6718427079c94f58b Description-en: Daemon which notifies about package updates Puts an icon in the user’s notification area when package updates are available. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install update-notifier
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 update-notifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install update-notifier
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install update-notifier
Install update-notifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install update-notifier
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install update-notifier
Install update-notifier 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 update-notifier
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install update-notifier
How To Uninstall update-notifier on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the update-notifier
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove update-notifier
Uninstall update-notifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall update-notifier
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove update-notifier
Remove update-notifier Configurations and Data
To remove update-notifier
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge update-notifier
Remove update-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove update-notifier
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge update-notifier
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install update-notifier
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.