How To Install libplymouth4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplymouth4
libplymouth4 is:
Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libplymouth4 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 libplymouth4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplymouth4
Install libplymouth4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplymouth4
Install libplymouth4 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 libplymouth4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplymouth4
How To Uninstall libplymouth4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplymouth4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplymouth4
Uninstall libplymouth4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplymouth4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplymouth4
Remove libplymouth4 Configurations and Data
To remove libplymouth4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplymouth4
Remove libplymouth4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplymouth4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplymouth4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
