How To Install libgnome-keyring0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-keyring0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libgnome-keyring0 is GNOME keyring services library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-keyring0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgnome-keyring0

libgnome-keyring0 is:

gnome-keyring is a daemon in the session, similar to ssh-agent, and other applications can use it to store passwords and other sensitive information.

The program can manage several keyrings, each with its own master password, and there is also a session keyring which is never stored to disk, but forgotten when the session ends.

This package contains shared libraries for GNOME.

There are three methods to install libgnome-keyring0 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 libgnome-keyring0 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-keyring0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-keyring0

Install libgnome-keyring0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-keyring0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnome-keyring0

Install libgnome-keyring0 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-keyring0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-keyring0

How To Uninstall libgnome-keyring0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgnome-keyring0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnome-keyring0

Uninstall libgnome-keyring0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnome-keyring0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-keyring0

Remove libgnome-keyring0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnome-keyring0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-keyring0

Remove libgnome-keyring0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnome-keyring0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-keyring0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-keyring0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.