How To Install libgaminggear-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaminggear-common on Ubuntu 18.04. libgaminggear-common is Functionalities for gaming input devices, common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaminggear-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgaminggear-common

libgaminggear-common is:

This package contains the icons and other generic files that are not development files or libraries, useful for libgaminggear0 and gaminggear-utils.

There are three methods to install libgaminggear-common 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 libgaminggear-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgaminggear-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgaminggear-common

Install libgaminggear-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgaminggear-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgaminggear-common

Install libgaminggear-common 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 libgaminggear-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgaminggear-common

How To Uninstall libgaminggear-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgaminggear-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgaminggear-common

Uninstall libgaminggear-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgaminggear-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgaminggear-common

Remove libgaminggear-common Configurations and Data

To remove libgaminggear-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgaminggear-common

Remove libgaminggear-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgaminggear-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgaminggear-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaminggear-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.