How To Install gworkspace-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gworkspace-common
gworkspace-common is:
GWorkspace is the official GNUstep workspace manager.
This package contains the architecture-independent files; it is not useful on its own.
There are three methods to install gworkspace-common 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 gworkspace-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gworkspace-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gworkspace-common
Install gworkspace-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gworkspace-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gworkspace-common
Install gworkspace-common 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 gworkspace-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gworkspace-common
How To Uninstall gworkspace-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gworkspace-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gworkspace-common
Uninstall gworkspace-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gworkspace-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gworkspace-common
Remove gworkspace-common Configurations and Data
To remove gworkspace-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gworkspace-common
Remove gworkspace-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gworkspace-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gworkspace-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
