How To Install libdesktop-notify-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdesktop-notify-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdesktop-notify-perl
libdesktop-notify-perl is:
This module provides a Perl interface to the Desktop Notifications framework.
The framework allows applications to display pop-up notifications on an X desktop. This is implemented with two components: a daemon that displays the notifications, and a client library used by applications to send notifications to the daemon. These components communicate through the DBus message bus protocol.
This module serves the same purpose as libnotify, in an object-oriented Perl interface. It is not, however, an interface to libnotify itself, but a separate implementation of the specification using Net::DBus.
There are three methods to install libdesktop-notify-perl
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 libdesktop-notify-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdesktop-notify-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
Install libdesktop-notify-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdesktop-notify-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
Install libdesktop-notify-perl 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 libdesktop-notify-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
How To Uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdesktop-notify-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdesktop-notify-perl
Uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdesktop-notify-perl
Remove libdesktop-notify-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdesktop-notify-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdesktop-notify-perl
Remove libdesktop-notify-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdesktop-notify-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdesktop-notify-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdesktop-notify-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.