How To Install libwnck22 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck22 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwnck22
libwnck22 is:
A library to use for writing pagers and task lists. This variant of libwnck provides WNCK for GTK-2 based applications.
This package contains runtime files.
There are three methods to install libwnck22 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 libwnck22 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck22 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwnck22
Install libwnck22 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck22 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwnck22
Install libwnck22 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 libwnck22 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwnck22
How To Uninstall libwnck22 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwnck22 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwnck22
Uninstall libwnck22 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwnck22 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck22
Remove libwnck22 Configurations and Data
To remove libwnck22 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck22
Remove libwnck22 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwnck22 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwnck22
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck22 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
