How To Install gnome-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-settings-daemon-dev
gnome-settings-daemon-dev is:
This package contains header files required to build applications that communicate with the GNOME settings daemon over D-Bus.
Package: gnome-settings-daemon-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-1ubuntu2 Priority: extra Section: gnome Source: gnome-settings-daemon Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44 Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.56) Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon-dev_3.36.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 6720 MD5sum: 536b40045c819977de532008c3f1947a SHA1: 8b2e2e5eaa85c65fdf7e9e914dbc33c61f006fc3 SHA256: e86470a07b3cfb832b4ded745bc5daa8cda82cab34f937d8a3c3007c859ac14d Description-en: Headers for building applications communicating with gnome-settings-daemon This package contains header files required to build applications that communicate with the GNOME settings daemon over D-Bus.
There are three methods to install gnome-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-settings-daemon-dev 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-settings-daemon-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-settings-daemon-dev
Install gnome-settings-daemon-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-settings-daemon-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-settings-daemon-dev
Install gnome-settings-daemon-dev 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-settings-daemon-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-settings-daemon-dev
How To Uninstall gnome-settings-daemon-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-settings-daemon-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-settings-daemon-dev
Uninstall gnome-settings-daemon-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-settings-daemon-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-settings-daemon-dev
Remove gnome-settings-daemon-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-settings-daemon-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-settings-daemon-dev
Remove gnome-settings-daemon-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-settings-daemon-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-settings-daemon-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.