How To Install giggle-personal-details-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install giggle-personal-details-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. giggle-personal-details-plugin is GTK+ frontend for the git directory tracker - personal details plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install giggle-personal-details-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is giggle-personal-details-plugin

giggle-personal-details-plugin is:

Giggle is a GTK+ frontend to the git directory tracker. With Giggle you will be able to visualize and browse easily the revision tree, view changed files and differences between revisions, visualize summarized info for the project, commit changes and other useful tasks for any git projects contributor.

This package provides integration with evolution addressbooks

There are three methods to install giggle-personal-details-plugin 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 giggle-personal-details-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install giggle-personal-details-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install giggle-personal-details-plugin

Install giggle-personal-details-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install giggle-personal-details-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install giggle-personal-details-plugin

Install giggle-personal-details-plugin 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 giggle-personal-details-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install giggle-personal-details-plugin

How To Uninstall giggle-personal-details-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the giggle-personal-details-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove giggle-personal-details-plugin

Uninstall giggle-personal-details-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove giggle-personal-details-plugin

Remove giggle-personal-details-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove giggle-personal-details-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge giggle-personal-details-plugin

Remove giggle-personal-details-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge giggle-personal-details-plugin

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Summary

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