How To Install lxsession-edit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-edit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lxsession-edit
lxsession-edit is:
LXSession-Edit is a simple session editor GUI for autostarting applications which follows autostart specs from FreeDesktop.Org.
This package can be used without lxsession package as well.
There are three methods to install lxsession-edit 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 lxsession-edit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession-edit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxsession-edit
Install lxsession-edit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession-edit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxsession-edit
Install lxsession-edit 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 lxsession-edit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxsession-edit
How To Uninstall lxsession-edit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lxsession-edit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxsession-edit
Uninstall lxsession-edit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxsession-edit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession-edit
Remove lxsession-edit Configurations and Data
To remove lxsession-edit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession-edit
Remove lxsession-edit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxsession-edit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession-edit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-edit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
