How To Install ganyremote on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganyremote
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ganyremote
ganyremote is:
gAnyRemote package is GTK+ GUI frontend for anyRemote (http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/). The overall goal of this project is to provide remote control service on Linux through Bluetooth, InfraRed, Wi-Fi or TCP/IP connection.
There are three methods to install ganyremote
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 ganyremote Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ganyremote
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ganyremote
Install ganyremote Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ganyremote
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ganyremote
Install ganyremote 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 ganyremote
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ganyremote
How To Uninstall ganyremote on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ganyremote
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ganyremote
Uninstall ganyremote And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ganyremote
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ganyremote
Remove ganyremote Configurations and Data
To remove ganyremote
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ganyremote
Remove ganyremote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ganyremote
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ganyremote
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganyremote
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.