How To Install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector on Ubuntu 18.04. gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector is Wayland compositor inspector plugin for GammaRay

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector is:

The Wayland compositor inspector allows one to browse QWaylandClient instances and their associated resources, as well as observe Wayland events.

There are three methods to install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector 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 gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

Install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

Install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector 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 gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

How To Uninstall gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

Uninstall gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

Remove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector Configurations and Data

To remove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

Remove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-waylandinspector package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.