How To Install libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpackagekit-glib2-18
libpackagekit-glib2-18 is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which peform the “transaction dance”.
There are three methods to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 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 libpackagekit-glib2-18 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekit-glib2-18 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpackagekit-glib2-18
Install libpackagekit-glib2-18 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekit-glib2-18 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpackagekit-glib2-18
Install libpackagekit-glib2-18 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 libpackagekit-glib2-18 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpackagekit-glib2-18
How To Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpackagekit-glib2-18 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpackagekit-glib2-18
Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-18 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackagekit-glib2-18
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-18 Configurations and Data
To remove libpackagekit-glib2-18 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpackagekit-glib2-18
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpackagekit-glib2-18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackagekit-glib2-18
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
