How To Install libfm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfm-tools
libfm-tools is:
LibFM provides file management functions built on top of Glib/GIO giving a convenient higher-level API.
This package contains applications libfm-pref-apps and lxshortcut.
There are three methods to install libfm-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 libfm-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 libfm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfm-tools
Install libfm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfm-tools
Install libfm-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 libfm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfm-tools
How To Uninstall libfm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfm-tools
Uninstall libfm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfm-tools
Remove libfm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libfm-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfm-tools
Remove libfm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfm-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
