How To Install libgnome-desktop-3-19 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-3-19 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgnome-desktop-3-19
libgnome-desktop-3-19 is:
This library is used by GNOME to load the .desktop files. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: libgnome-desktop-3-19 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gnome-desktop3 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 346 Depends: bubblewrap, gnome-desktop3-data (>= 3.36.1-1ubuntu1), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.27.0), libc6 (>= 2.28), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.36.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.53.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libseccomp2 (>= 1.0.1), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 196) Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-desktop3/libgnome-desktop-3-19_3.36.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 114392 MD5sum: f1fc08fdf9077d00969eee3d181662bc SHA1: 9c1003312ce063d1e043b36bdaed9f1121fec65e SHA256: 37fc65a3a1a2ae5c6c4af6c01ee64a386f3494bd5797f0b394209c93dbe06860 Description-en: Utility library for loading .desktop files - runtime files This library is used by GNOME to load the .desktop files. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libgnome-desktop-3-19 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 libgnome-desktop-3-19 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-desktop-3-19 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-desktop-3-19
Install libgnome-desktop-3-19 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-desktop-3-19 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnome-desktop-3-19
Install libgnome-desktop-3-19 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 libgnome-desktop-3-19 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-desktop-3-19
How To Uninstall libgnome-desktop-3-19 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgnome-desktop-3-19 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnome-desktop-3-19
Uninstall libgnome-desktop-3-19 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnome-desktop-3-19 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-desktop-3-19
Remove libgnome-desktop-3-19 Configurations and Data
To remove libgnome-desktop-3-19 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-desktop-3-19
Remove libgnome-desktop-3-19 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnome-desktop-3-19 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-desktop-3-19
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-3-19 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.