How To Install caja on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install caja
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is caja
caja is:
Caja is the official file manager for the MATE desktop. It allows one to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the MATE desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems.
There are three methods to install caja
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 caja Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install caja
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install caja
Install caja Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install caja
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install caja
Install caja 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 caja
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install caja
How To Uninstall caja on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the caja
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove caja
Uninstall caja And Its Dependencies
To uninstall caja
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove caja
Remove caja Configurations and Data
To remove caja
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge caja
Remove caja configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove caja
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caja
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install caja
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.