How To Install overlay-scrollbar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install overlay-scrollbar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is overlay-scrollbar
overlay-scrollbar is:
Overlay scrollbar is a GtkModule enabling a dynamic overlay behavior.
This package contains GSettings schemas and startup scripts for overlay scrollbars.
There are three methods to install overlay-scrollbar 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 overlay-scrollbar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install overlay-scrollbar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install overlay-scrollbar
Install overlay-scrollbar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install overlay-scrollbar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install overlay-scrollbar
Install overlay-scrollbar 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 overlay-scrollbar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install overlay-scrollbar
How To Uninstall overlay-scrollbar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the overlay-scrollbar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar
Uninstall overlay-scrollbar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall overlay-scrollbar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove overlay-scrollbar
Remove overlay-scrollbar Configurations and Data
To remove overlay-scrollbar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge overlay-scrollbar
Remove overlay-scrollbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove overlay-scrollbar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge overlay-scrollbar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install overlay-scrollbar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
