How To Install blueman on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Ubuntu 20.04. blueman is Graphical bluetooth manager Graphical bluetooth manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is blueman

blueman is:

Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus backend. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

Package: blueman Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.1.2-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Christopher Schramm [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3003 Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any, dbus, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, bluez (>= 5), bluez-obexd, python3-gi (>= 3.27.2), notification-daemon, librsvg2-common, gnome-icon-theme | mate-icon-theme | elementary-xfce-icon-theme | adwaita-icon-theme | papirus-icon-theme, libpulse-mainloop-glib0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, python3-cairo, python3-gi-cairo, gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1, gir1.2-nm-1.0 Recommends: policykit-1, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Filename: pool/universe/b/blueman/blueman_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb Size: 654484 MD5sum: 99450e934eb06f010b77b740e8992a92 SHA1: d5b24dc829a99dafa487d9118886595943eb8b2a SHA256: 308a4a9cb8886ffb80af7131e1ac240af352fc08b1a96977136feca2c0cb7838 Homepage: https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman Description-en: Graphical bluetooth manager Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus backend. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

There are three methods to install blueman 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 blueman Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blueman

Install blueman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install blueman

Install blueman 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 blueman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blueman

How To Uninstall blueman on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the blueman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blueman

Uninstall blueman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall blueman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blueman

Remove blueman Configurations and Data

To remove blueman configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blueman

Remove blueman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blueman

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.