How To Install lxshortcut on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxshortcut on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lxshortcut
lxshortcut is:
LXShortcut is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It allows creating and editing application shortcuts compatible with the freedesktop.org Desktop Entry specification.
There are three methods to install lxshortcut 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 lxshortcut Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxshortcut using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxshortcut
Install lxshortcut Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxshortcut using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxshortcut
Install lxshortcut 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 lxshortcut using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxshortcut
How To Uninstall lxshortcut on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lxshortcut package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxshortcut
Uninstall lxshortcut And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxshortcut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxshortcut
Remove lxshortcut Configurations and Data
To remove lxshortcut configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxshortcut
Remove lxshortcut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxshortcut configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxshortcut
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxshortcut package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
