How To Install hud-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hud-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hud-tools
hud-tools is:
Unity HUD is a heads-up-display interface for controlling the behavior of applications as well as Unity via typed-in commands. It provides access to all applications menu via a single central interface, in order to simplify application usage and make menus more accessible.
This package provides tools for working with Unity’s HUD.
There are three methods to install hud-tools 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 hud-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hud-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hud-tools
Install hud-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hud-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hud-tools
Install hud-tools 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 hud-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hud-tools
How To Uninstall hud-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hud-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hud-tools
Uninstall hud-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hud-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hud-tools
Remove hud-tools Configurations and Data
To remove hud-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hud-tools
Remove hud-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hud-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hud-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hud-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
