How To Install cockpit-packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-packagekit
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cockpit-packagekit
cockpit-packagekit is:
The Cockpit component for installing packages, via PackageKit.
Package: cockpit-packagekit Architecture: all Version: 215-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: cockpit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 417 Depends: cockpit-bridge (>= 186), packagekit Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-packagekit_215-1_all.deb Size: 380128 MD5sum: 2a216fcf70f89544724f1cafa142dd32 SHA1: 6ca15ebd82cd4d06a905dbfd03d9f511137de01f SHA256: eafbe6d7fa90541fad0e7a6344f24ed6ff1b3f0cffdf0cf78fe30442bd1d6059 Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit user interface for packages The Cockpit component for installing packages, via PackageKit.
There are three methods to install cockpit-packagekit
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 cockpit-packagekit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-packagekit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-packagekit
Install cockpit-packagekit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-packagekit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit-packagekit
Install cockpit-packagekit 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 cockpit-packagekit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-packagekit
How To Uninstall cockpit-packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cockpit-packagekit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit-packagekit
Uninstall cockpit-packagekit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit-packagekit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-packagekit
Remove cockpit-packagekit Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit-packagekit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-packagekit
Remove cockpit-packagekit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit-packagekit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-packagekit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-packagekit
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.