How To Install gnome-devel on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-devel
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-devel
gnome-devel is:
These are the development tools of the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop.
This metapackage depends on a recommended set of applications to develop new programs for GNOME.
There are three methods to install gnome-devel
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-devel 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-devel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-devel
Install gnome-devel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-devel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-devel
Install gnome-devel 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-devel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-devel
How To Uninstall gnome-devel on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-devel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-devel
Uninstall gnome-devel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-devel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-devel
Remove gnome-devel Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-devel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-devel
Remove gnome-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-devel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-devel
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.