How To Install gnome-screensaver on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screensaver
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gnome-screensaver
gnome-screensaver is:
gnome-screensaver is a simple screen saver and screen lock, used in older versions of the GNOME desktop environment.
It is designed to support, among other things:
- the ability to lock down configuration settings
- translation into other languages
- user switching
This package is not necessary in the GNOME desktop environment, because GNOME Shell contains its own screen lock implementation. It can be used with alternative desktop environments.
There are three methods to install gnome-screensaver
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-screensaver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screensaver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install gnome-screensaver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screensaver
using apt
by running the following command:
Install gnome-screensaver 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.
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screensaver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall gnome-screensaver on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gnome-screensaver
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall gnome-screensaver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-screensaver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
Remove gnome-screensaver Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-screensaver
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
Remove gnome-screensaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-screensaver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screensaver
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.