How To Install nextcloud-desktop-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextcloud-desktop-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nextcloud-desktop-common
nextcloud-desktop-common is:
The Nextcloud desktop app lets you always have your latest files wherever you are. Just specify one or more folders on the local machine to and a server to synchronize to. You can configure more computers to synchronize to the same server and any change to the files on one computer will silently and reliably flow across to every other.
This package provides data that is shared between different packages.
There are three methods to install nextcloud-desktop-common 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 nextcloud-desktop-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nextcloud-desktop-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nextcloud-desktop-common
Install nextcloud-desktop-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nextcloud-desktop-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nextcloud-desktop-common
Install nextcloud-desktop-common 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 nextcloud-desktop-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nextcloud-desktop-common
How To Uninstall nextcloud-desktop-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nextcloud-desktop-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nextcloud-desktop-common
Uninstall nextcloud-desktop-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nextcloud-desktop-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nextcloud-desktop-common
Remove nextcloud-desktop-common Configurations and Data
To remove nextcloud-desktop-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nextcloud-desktop-common
Remove nextcloud-desktop-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nextcloud-desktop-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nextcloud-desktop-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextcloud-desktop-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.