How To Install language-selector-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install language-selector-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04. language-selector-gnome is Language selector for Ubuntu Language selector for Ubuntu

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install language-selector-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `language-selector-gnome`

language-selector-gnome is:

This package let you change and install language packs in Ubuntu.

This package contains the GTK+ frontend. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: language-selector-gnome Architecture: all Version: 0.204 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: language-selector Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 121 Depends: language-selector-common (= 0.204), python3:any, python3-gi, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, python3-apt, aptdaemon (>= 0.40+bzr527), python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, im-config (>= 0.29-1ubuntu10~) Recommends: yelp Conflicts: language-selector (« 0.17) Replaces: language-selector (« 0.17) Filename: pool/main/l/language-selector/language-selector-gnome_0.204_all.deb Size: 18976 MD5sum: c9bae87c334e4e10f4e0eb0dbe89b6d9 SHA1: cbe2abff00a7981817520bb3463119e2b6eedaab SHA256: 279cc4b82466a57df54a4619e8777eb1a190a321f54ec2be519cd46c67c757af Description-en: Language selector for Ubuntu This package let you change and install language packs in Ubuntu.

There are three methods to install language-selector-gnome 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 language-selector-gnome Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install language-selector-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install language-selector-gnome

Install language-selector-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install language-selector-gnome using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install language-selector-gnome

Install language-selector-gnome 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 language-selector-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install language-selector-gnome

How To Uninstall language-selector-gnome on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the language-selector-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove language-selector-gnome

Uninstall language-selector-gnome And Its Dependencies

To uninstall language-selector-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove language-selector-gnome

Remove language-selector-gnome Configurations and Data

To remove language-selector-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge language-selector-gnome

Remove language-selector-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove language-selector-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge language-selector-gnome

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install language-selector-gnome package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.