How To Install lxqt-runner on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-runner
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lxqt-runner
lxqt-runner is:
Tool used to launch programs quickly by typing their names
This package contain LXQt runner.
There are three methods to install lxqt-runner
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 lxqt-runner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-runner
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxqt-runner
Install lxqt-runner Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-runner
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxqt-runner
Install lxqt-runner 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 lxqt-runner
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxqt-runner
How To Uninstall lxqt-runner on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lxqt-runner
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxqt-runner
Uninstall lxqt-runner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxqt-runner
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxqt-runner
Remove lxqt-runner Configurations and Data
To remove lxqt-runner
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxqt-runner
Remove lxqt-runner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxqt-runner
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxqt-runner
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-runner
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.