How To Install json-glib-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install json-glib-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is json-glib-tools
json-glib-tools is:
JSON-GLib is a library for parsing, generating and manipulating JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data streams using the GLib type system. It allows manipulating JSON data types with a Document Object Model API. It also allows serializing and deserializing simple or complex GObjects to and from JSON data types.
This package contains the json-glib-format and json-glib-validate tools.
There are three methods to install json-glib-tools 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 json-glib-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 json-glib-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install json-glib-tools
Install json-glib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install json-glib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install json-glib-tools
Install json-glib-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 json-glib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install json-glib-tools
How To Uninstall json-glib-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the json-glib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove json-glib-tools
Uninstall json-glib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall json-glib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove json-glib-tools
Remove json-glib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove json-glib-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge json-glib-tools
Remove json-glib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove json-glib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge json-glib-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install json-glib-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.