How To Install gigolo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gigolo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gigolo
gigolo is:
Gigolo is a frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVfs. It allows you to quickly connect/mount a remote filesystem and manage bookmarks of such.
There are three methods to install gigolo 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 gigolo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gigolo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gigolo
Install gigolo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gigolo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gigolo
Install gigolo 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 gigolo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gigolo
How To Uninstall gigolo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gigolo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gigolo
Uninstall gigolo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gigolo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gigolo
Remove gigolo Configurations and Data
To remove gigolo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gigolo
Remove gigolo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gigolo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gigolo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gigolo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.