How To Install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

network-manager-config-connectivity-debian is:

This package contains a configuration file which enables NetworkManager’s connectivity checking functionality.

NetworkManager will try to connect to a Debian server to determine the connection status.

This is particularly useful for captive portal detection.

No user data is transmitted in the connectivity checks, but merely contacting the Debian connectivity check servers reveals that the user is running a Debian(-based) operating system with NetworkManager.

There are three methods to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian 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 network-manager-config-connectivity-debian Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

Install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

Install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian 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 network-manager-config-connectivity-debian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

How To Uninstall network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the network-manager-config-connectivity-debian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

Uninstall network-manager-config-connectivity-debian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall network-manager-config-connectivity-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

Remove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian Configurations and Data

To remove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

Remove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove network-manager-config-connectivity-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-config-connectivity-debian

References

• network-manager-config-connectivity-debian website
• network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.