How To Install gpaste on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpaste on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gpaste
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 contains the command-line tools, the D-Bus service, the GNOME Control Center key bindings, and desktop/appdata files.
There are three methods to install gpaste 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 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 gpaste using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpaste
Install gpaste Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpaste using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpaste
Install 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 gpaste using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpaste
How To Uninstall gpaste on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gpaste package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpaste
Uninstall gpaste And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpaste and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpaste
Remove gpaste Configurations and Data
To remove gpaste configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpaste
Remove gpaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpaste configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpaste
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpaste package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.