How To Install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings on Ubuntu 18.04. libproxy1-plugin-gsettings is automatic proxy configuration management library (GSettings plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

libproxy1-plugin-gsettings is:

libproxy is a lightweight library which makes it easy to develop applications proxy-aware with a simple and stable API.

This package contains the plugin to allow libproxy to read proxy settings from GSettings (GNOME 3)

There are three methods to install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 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 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

Install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

Install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 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 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

How To Uninstall libproxy1-plugin-gsettings on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libproxy1-plugin-gsettings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

Uninstall libproxy1-plugin-gsettings And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libproxy1-plugin-gsettings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

Remove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings Configurations and Data

To remove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

Remove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libproxy1-plugin-gsettings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxy1-plugin-gsettings

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.