How To Install gnome-packagekit-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-packagekit-data
gnome-packagekit-data is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package contains architecture-independent files for all GNOME-PackageKit modules.
There are three methods to install gnome-packagekit-data 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-packagekit-data 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-packagekit-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-packagekit-data
Install gnome-packagekit-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-packagekit-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-packagekit-data
Install gnome-packagekit-data 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-packagekit-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-packagekit-data
How To Uninstall gnome-packagekit-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-packagekit-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-packagekit-data
Uninstall gnome-packagekit-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-packagekit-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-packagekit-data
Remove gnome-packagekit-data Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-packagekit-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-packagekit-data
Remove gnome-packagekit-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-packagekit-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-packagekit-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
