How To Install cockpit-packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04. cockpit-packagekit is Cockpit user interface for packages Cockpit user interface for packages

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

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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.