How To Install metacity-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is metacity-common
metacity-common is:
Metacity is a small window manager, using GTK+ to do everything.
As the author says, metacity is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
This package contains the shared files.
There are three methods to install metacity-common 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 metacity-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metacity-common
Install metacity-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metacity-common
Install metacity-common 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 metacity-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metacity-common
How To Uninstall metacity-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the metacity-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metacity-common
Uninstall metacity-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metacity-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metacity-common
Remove metacity-common Configurations and Data
To remove metacity-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metacity-common
Remove metacity-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metacity-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metacity-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
