How To Install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste is:
GPaste manages clipboard history and allows easy access to it using keyboard shortcuts, gnome-shell extension, command-line tools, gir bindings.
This package provides the gnome-shell extension.
Please note that the extension must be manually enabled, for example using gnome-tweak-tool.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
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-shell-extensions-gpaste 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-extensions-gpaste
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
Install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
Install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste 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-extensions-gpaste
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
Uninstall gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
Remove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
Remove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.