How To Install budgie-desktop-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-desktop-common on Ubuntu 18.04. budgie-desktop-common is Common Ubuntu Budgie desktop components customisation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-desktop-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is budgie-desktop-common

budgie-desktop-common is:

While this common budgie-desktop package can be installed manually, it is recommended that the binary packages budgie-desktop-minimal or budgie-desktop-environment be used to install working minimal or the recommended full budgie-desktop environment.

This package provides common: ubuntu and budgie-desktop gsettings overrides make QT apps look like GTK+ apps default icon-theme for GTK+ applications Ubuntu Budgie plymouth branding

There are three methods to install budgie-desktop-common 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 budgie-desktop-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install budgie-desktop-common

Install budgie-desktop-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install budgie-desktop-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install budgie-desktop-common

Install budgie-desktop-common 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 budgie-desktop-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install budgie-desktop-common

How To Uninstall budgie-desktop-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the budgie-desktop-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove budgie-desktop-common

Uninstall budgie-desktop-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall budgie-desktop-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove budgie-desktop-common

Remove budgie-desktop-common Configurations and Data

To remove budgie-desktop-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge budgie-desktop-common

Remove budgie-desktop-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove budgie-desktop-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge budgie-desktop-common

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Summary

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