How To Install libgsf-1-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsf-1-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgsf-1-common
libgsf-1-common is:
The GNOME Structured File Library aims to provide an efficient extensible I/O abstraction for dealing with different structured file formats.
These are the architecture independent files that are part of libgsf, like translations of messages.
There are three methods to install libgsf-1-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 libgsf-1-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 libgsf-1-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgsf-1-common
Install libgsf-1-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsf-1-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgsf-1-common
Install libgsf-1-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 libgsf-1-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgsf-1-common
How To Uninstall libgsf-1-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgsf-1-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgsf-1-common
Uninstall libgsf-1-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgsf-1-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsf-1-common
Remove libgsf-1-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgsf-1-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgsf-1-common
Remove libgsf-1-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgsf-1-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsf-1-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsf-1-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.