How To Install jobs-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jobs-admin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is jobs-admin
jobs-admin is:
jobs-admin is a simple GTK+ utility that allows any administrator to easily configure jobs (services) present on their system. Jobs may be enabled and disabled, started and stopped, and can even provide tweakable settings about services.
jobs-admin uses jobservice as its backend over D-Bus.
There are three methods to install jobs-admin 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 jobs-admin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jobs-admin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jobs-admin
Install jobs-admin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jobs-admin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jobs-admin
Install jobs-admin 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 jobs-admin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jobs-admin
How To Uninstall jobs-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the jobs-admin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jobs-admin
Uninstall jobs-admin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jobs-admin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jobs-admin
Remove jobs-admin Configurations and Data
To remove jobs-admin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jobs-admin
Remove jobs-admin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jobs-admin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jobs-admin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jobs-admin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
