How To Install mono-tools-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-tools-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mono-tools-gui
mono-tools-gui is:
This package contains various GUI tools for use with Mono:
- gasnview
- ilcontrast
- gui-compare
- mperfmon
- gsharp
There are three methods to install mono-tools-gui 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 mono-tools-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-tools-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-tools-gui
Install mono-tools-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-tools-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-tools-gui
Install mono-tools-gui 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 mono-tools-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-tools-gui
How To Uninstall mono-tools-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mono-tools-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-tools-gui
Uninstall mono-tools-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-tools-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-tools-gui
Remove mono-tools-gui Configurations and Data
To remove mono-tools-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-tools-gui
Remove mono-tools-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-tools-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-tools-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-tools-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
