How To Install gnome-platform-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-platform-devel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-platform-devel
gnome-platform-devel is:
These are the development components that are part of the development “platform” for the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop.
This metapackage depends on the recommended components to develop and build applications using GNOME technologies. Most of these components have long-term API stability guarantees.
There are three methods to install gnome-platform-devel 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-platform-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-platform-devel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-platform-devel
Install gnome-platform-devel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-platform-devel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-platform-devel
Install gnome-platform-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-platform-devel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-platform-devel
How To Uninstall gnome-platform-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-platform-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-platform-devel
Uninstall gnome-platform-devel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-platform-devel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-platform-devel
Remove gnome-platform-devel Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-platform-devel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-platform-devel
Remove gnome-platform-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-platform-devel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-platform-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-platform-devel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
