How To Install libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 20.04. libpackagekit-glib2-18 is Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 on Ubuntu 20.04.

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”. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libpackagekit-glib2-18 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: packagekit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 438 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46) Recommends: packagekit (= 1.1.13-2ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/libpackagekit-glib2-18_1.1.13-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 102436 MD5sum: 91afafd189480f2c0b53314cff05371e SHA1: 22e5e07b13e527a160a9698656b0b24cbfdcd791 SHA256: ffb044dc1098a5b2609f44acd9a0e549a709646039de7ca138d7cd3be383d74d Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/ Description-en: Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib 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.

There are three methods to install libpackagekit-glib2-18 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 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.