How To Install colord-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-tests on Ubuntu 20.04. colord-tests is system service to manage device colour profiles – test suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-tests on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is colord-tests

colord-tests is:

colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.

It provides a D-Bus API for system frameworks to query, a persistent data store, and a mechanism for session applications to set system policy.

This package contains test programs, designed to be run as a part of a regression test suite.

There are three methods to install colord-tests 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 colord-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install colord-tests

Install colord-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colord-tests

Install colord-tests 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 colord-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colord-tests

How To Uninstall colord-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the colord-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove colord-tests

Uninstall colord-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colord-tests

Remove colord-tests Configurations and Data

To remove colord-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge colord-tests

Remove colord-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colord-tests

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Summary

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