How To Install gshutdown on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gshutdown
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gshutdown
gshutdown is:
GShutdown is a utility which allows you to schedule the shutdown or restart of your computer. With it you can simply and quickly choose the turn off time at either a specific time or after a countdown.
The graphical user interface uses Gtk+2.
There are three methods to install gshutdown
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 gshutdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gshutdown
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gshutdown
Install gshutdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gshutdown
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gshutdown
Install gshutdown 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 gshutdown
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gshutdown
How To Uninstall gshutdown on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gshutdown
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gshutdown
Uninstall gshutdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gshutdown
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gshutdown
Remove gshutdown Configurations and Data
To remove gshutdown
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gshutdown
Remove gshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gshutdown
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gshutdown
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gshutdown
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.