How To Install libupower-glib3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libupower-glib3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libupower-glib3
libupower-glib3 is:
upower provides an interface to enumerate power sources on the system and control system-wide power management. Any application can access the org.freedesktop.UPower service on the system message bus. Some operations (such as suspending the system) are restricted using PolicyKit.
This package contains the shared library to be used by applications.
There are three methods to install libupower-glib3 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 libupower-glib3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libupower-glib3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libupower-glib3
Install libupower-glib3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libupower-glib3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libupower-glib3
Install libupower-glib3 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 libupower-glib3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libupower-glib3
How To Uninstall libupower-glib3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libupower-glib3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libupower-glib3
Uninstall libupower-glib3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libupower-glib3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libupower-glib3
Remove libupower-glib3 Configurations and Data
To remove libupower-glib3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libupower-glib3
Remove libupower-glib3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libupower-glib3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libupower-glib3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libupower-glib3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
