How To Install libgconf-2-4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgconf-2-4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgconf-2-4
libgconf-2-4 is:
GConf is a configuration database system for storing application preferences. It supports default or mandatory settings set by the administrator, and changes to the database are instantly applied to all running applications. It is written for the GNOME desktop but doesn’t require it.
This package contains the shared libraries.
This package is for legacy applications and no longer used by GNOME.
There are three methods to install libgconf-2-4
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 libgconf-2-4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libgconf-2-4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libgconf-2-4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libgconf-2-4
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libgconf-2-4 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libgconf-2-4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libgconf-2-4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgconf-2-4
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libgconf-2-4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgconf-2-4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
Remove libgconf-2-4 Configurations and Data
To remove libgconf-2-4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
Remove libgconf-2-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgconf-2-4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgconf-2-4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.