How To Install gconf-service-backend on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-service-backend on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gconf-service-backend
gconf-service-backend is:
GConf is a configuration database system for storing application preferences. It supports default or mandatory settings set by the administrator, and changes to the database are instantly applied to all running applications. It is written for the GNOME desktop but doesn’t require it.
This package contains the D-Bus enabled daemon that is used internally by the GConf library to access configuration data. It is an internal implementation of gconf used to work around multiarch-related upgrade problems, and will eventually be merged back into gconf-service.
There are three methods to install gconf-service-backend 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-service-backend 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-service-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gconf-service-backend
Install gconf-service-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-service-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gconf-service-backend
Install gconf-service-backend 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-service-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gconf-service-backend
How To Uninstall gconf-service-backend on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gconf-service-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gconf-service-backend
Uninstall gconf-service-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gconf-service-backend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gconf-service-backend
Remove gconf-service-backend Configurations and Data
To remove gconf-service-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gconf-service-backend
Remove gconf-service-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gconf-service-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gconf-service-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-service-backend package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
