How To Install libgmtk1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmtk1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libgmtk1 is gnome-mplayer toolkit (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmtk1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgmtk1

libgmtk1 is:

A set of GTK+ widgets used by gnome-mplayer. It provides, amongst others, gnome-mplayer’s media player widget.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgmtk1 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 libgmtk1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgmtk1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgmtk1

Install libgmtk1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgmtk1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgmtk1

Install libgmtk1 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 libgmtk1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgmtk1

How To Uninstall libgmtk1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgmtk1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgmtk1

Uninstall libgmtk1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgmtk1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgmtk1

Remove libgmtk1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgmtk1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgmtk1

Remove libgmtk1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgmtk1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgmtk1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmtk1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.