How To Install gconf-editor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-editor on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gconf-editor
gconf-editor is:
GConf-Editor is a tool used for editing the GConf configuration database. This is not the recommended way of setting desktop preferences, but it might be useful when the proper configuration utility for some software provides no way of changing some option.
There are three methods to install gconf-editor 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 gconf-editor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-editor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gconf-editor
Install gconf-editor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-editor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gconf-editor
Install gconf-editor 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 gconf-editor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gconf-editor
How To Uninstall gconf-editor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gconf-editor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gconf-editor
Uninstall gconf-editor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gconf-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gconf-editor
Remove gconf-editor Configurations and Data
To remove gconf-editor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gconf-editor
Remove gconf-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gconf-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gconf-editor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-editor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
