How To Install gnome-phone-manager on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-phone-manager on Ubuntu 18.04. gnome-phone-manager is control aspects of your mobile phone from your GNOME 2 desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-phone-manager on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnome-phone-manager

gnome-phone-manager is:

Phone Manager is a program created to allow you to control aspects of your mobile phone from your GNOME 2 desktop.

Current features include:

  • Runs in the background; indicates status on the panel notification area.
  • Display on-screen alert when text message (SMS) arrives
  • Text message (SMS) sending facility
  • Evolution Addressbook integration

There are three methods to install gnome-phone-manager 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-phone-manager 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-phone-manager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-phone-manager

Install gnome-phone-manager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-phone-manager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-phone-manager

Install gnome-phone-manager 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-phone-manager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-phone-manager

How To Uninstall gnome-phone-manager on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gnome-phone-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-phone-manager

Uninstall gnome-phone-manager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-phone-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-phone-manager

Remove gnome-phone-manager Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-phone-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-phone-manager

Remove gnome-phone-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-phone-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-phone-manager

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Summary

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