How To Install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 20.04. network-manager-config-connectivity-debian is NetworkManager configuration to enable connectivity checking NetworkManager configuration to enable connectivity checking

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.

Package: network-manager-config-connectivity-debian Architecture: all Version: 1.22.10-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: network-manager Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 50 Depends: network-manager (>= 1.22.10-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/n/network-manager/network-manager-config-connectivity-debian_1.22.10-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2516 MD5sum: 851656d4c3f2ff88e0c127c6ecfbf2bf SHA1: f8a6405a4b3f6547d610b4a4489c75b35efbaf17 SHA256: e4c11194a22ca6fbec1d5a405e00194294b630ed5239588bedfe4585b556b7bd Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager Description-en: NetworkManager configuration to enable connectivity checking 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.

There are three methods to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-config-connectivity-debian package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.