How To Install gnome-shell-extension-trash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-trash
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-trash
gnome-shell-extension-trash is:
A minimalist Trash management extension for the GNOME Shell.
It allows you to empty and open the trash folder from the panel. It hides completely when the trash folder is empty.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-trash
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-shell-extension-trash 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-shell-extension-trash
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-trash
Install gnome-shell-extension-trash Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-trash
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-trash
Install gnome-shell-extension-trash 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-shell-extension-trash
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-trash
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-trash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-trash
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-trash
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-trash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-trash
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-trash
Remove gnome-shell-extension-trash Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-trash
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-trash
Remove gnome-shell-extension-trash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-trash
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-trash
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-trash
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.