How To Install glib-networking-services on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking-services on Ubuntu 18.04. glib-networking-services is network-related giomodules for GLib - D-Bus services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking-services on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is glib-networking-services

glib-networking-services is:

This package contains D-Bus services that are used by the GIO network extensions in glib-networking, for actions that need to be done in a separate process.

There are three methods to install glib-networking-services 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 glib-networking-services Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install glib-networking-services using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install glib-networking-services

Install glib-networking-services Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glib-networking-services using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glib-networking-services

Install glib-networking-services 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 glib-networking-services using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glib-networking-services

How To Uninstall glib-networking-services on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the glib-networking-services package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glib-networking-services

Uninstall glib-networking-services And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glib-networking-services and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glib-networking-services

Remove glib-networking-services Configurations and Data

To remove glib-networking-services configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glib-networking-services

Remove glib-networking-services configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove glib-networking-services configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glib-networking-services

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking-services package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.