How To Install aptdaemon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptdaemon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is aptdaemon
aptdaemon is:
Aptdaemon allows normal users to perform package management tasks, e.g. refreshing the cache, upgrading the system, installing or removing software packages.
Currently it comes with the following main features:
- Programming language independent D-Bus interface, which allows one to write clients in several languages
- Runs only if required (D-Bus activation)
- Fine grained privilege management using PolicyKit, e.g. allowing all desktop user to query for updates without entering a password
- Support for media changes during installation from DVD/CDROM
- Support for debconf (Debian’s package configuration system)
- Support for attaching a terminal to the underlying dpkg call
This package contains the aptd script and all the data files required to run the daemon. Moreover it contains the aptdcon script, which is a command line client for aptdaemon. The API is not stable yet. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: aptdaemon Architecture: all Version: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32 Priority: extra Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Julian Andres Klode [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 176 Depends: python3:any (>= 3.2~), gir1.2-glib-2.0, python3-aptdaemon (= 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32), python3-gi, policykit-1 Breaks: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat, software-center (« 1.1.21) Replaces: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat Filename: pool/main/a/aptdaemon/aptdaemon_1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32_all.deb Size: 12760 MD5sum: d433a7ea2a82f5c891a0893ea5ac87d1 SHA1: 6dd489d810e2aae619f4e2b3346a711f9f12aec9 SHA256: 50fdf94389d80377a2304e83788e70a7d6214857689606a801ca1b1aa8073d69 Homepage: https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon Description-en: transaction based package management service Aptdaemon allows normal users to perform package management tasks, e.g. refreshing the cache, upgrading the system, installing or removing software packages.
Currently it comes with the following main features:
- Programming language independent D-Bus interface, which allows one to write clients in several languages
- Runs only if required (D-Bus activation)
- Fine grained privilege management using PolicyKit, e.g. allowing all desktop user to query for updates without entering a password
- Support for media changes during installation from DVD/CDROM
- Support for debconf (Debian’s package configuration system)
- Support for attaching a terminal to the underlying dpkg call
This package contains the aptd script and all the data files required to run the daemon. Moreover it contains the aptdcon script, which is a command line client for aptdaemon. The API is not stable yet. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install aptdaemon
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 aptdaemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptdaemon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptdaemon
Install aptdaemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptdaemon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptdaemon
Install aptdaemon 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 aptdaemon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptdaemon
How To Uninstall aptdaemon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the aptdaemon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptdaemon
Uninstall aptdaemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptdaemon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptdaemon
Remove aptdaemon Configurations and Data
To remove aptdaemon
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptdaemon
Remove aptdaemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptdaemon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptdaemon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptdaemon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.