How To Install folks-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is folks-common
folks-common is:
libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.
This package contains common files (translations) used by folks components.
There are three methods to install folks-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 folks-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 folks-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install folks-common
Install folks-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install folks-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install folks-common
Install folks-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 folks-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install folks-common
How To Uninstall folks-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the folks-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove folks-common
Uninstall folks-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall folks-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove folks-common
Remove folks-common Configurations and Data
To remove folks-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge folks-common
Remove folks-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove folks-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge folks-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
