How To Install gnome-commander on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-commander on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-commander
gnome-commander is:
GNOME Commander is a fast and powerful graphical filemanager for the GNOME desktop environment, it has a “two-pane” interface in the tradition of Norton and Midnight Commander.
There are three methods to install gnome-commander 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 gnome-commander Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-commander using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-commander
Install gnome-commander Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-commander using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-commander
Install gnome-commander 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 gnome-commander using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-commander
How To Uninstall gnome-commander on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-commander package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-commander
Uninstall gnome-commander And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-commander and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-commander
Remove gnome-commander Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-commander configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-commander
Remove gnome-commander configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-commander configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-commander
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-commander package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
