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

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

What is `network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu`

network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu is:

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

NetworkManager will try to connect to an Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu connectivity check servers reveals that the user is running an Ubuntu(-based) operating system with NetworkManager. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu Architecture: all Version: 1.22.10-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: 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/main/n/network-manager/network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu_1.22.10-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2520 MD5sum: ed21f364ea70b4c55984cf7389f7bdeb SHA1: d1dbbe86b89569a52dd5ae80b9a5bf8c120bb3fe SHA256: 0d2cbda4fc0445bdb889c73e07197b1393dc7f1bde74f3edb064c66c9760daf2 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 an Ubuntu server to determine the connection status.

This is particularly useful for captive portal detection.

There are three methods to install network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu 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-ubuntu 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-ubuntu using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu 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-ubuntu using apt by running the following command:

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

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

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

How To Uninstall network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu on Ubuntu 20.04

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

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

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

To uninstall network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu 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-ubuntu

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

To remove network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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