How To Install gnome-pie on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-pie on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-pie
gnome-pie is:
gnome-pie is a radial visual application launcher for GNOME. It allows the user to bind groups of frequently used applications to a ring that appears when a hot key / mouse binding is triggered.
It was inspired by the OPie addon written for the game World of Warcraft.
There are three methods to install gnome-pie 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-pie 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-pie using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-pie
Install gnome-pie Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-pie using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-pie
Install gnome-pie 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-pie using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-pie
How To Uninstall gnome-pie on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-pie package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-pie
Uninstall gnome-pie And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-pie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-pie
Remove gnome-pie Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-pie configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-pie
Remove gnome-pie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-pie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-pie
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-pie package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
