How To Install nautilus-ideviceinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-ideviceinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nautilus-ideviceinfo
nautilus-ideviceinfo is:
nautilus-ideviceinfo is a nautilus extension showing extended device information in the nautilus properties dialog. It shows details like serial number, software version, baseband/modem firmware version, and storage usage (with nice eye candy).
To see it, go to “Computer”, click on your device, then “Properties” and “Details”.
There are three methods to install nautilus-ideviceinfo 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 nautilus-ideviceinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-ideviceinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-ideviceinfo
Install nautilus-ideviceinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-ideviceinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-ideviceinfo
Install nautilus-ideviceinfo 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 nautilus-ideviceinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-ideviceinfo
How To Uninstall nautilus-ideviceinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nautilus-ideviceinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-ideviceinfo
Uninstall nautilus-ideviceinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-ideviceinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-ideviceinfo
Remove nautilus-ideviceinfo Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-ideviceinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-ideviceinfo
Remove nautilus-ideviceinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-ideviceinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-ideviceinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-ideviceinfo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
