How To Install pk-update-icon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pk-update-icon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pk-update-icon
pk-update-icon is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install pk-update-icon
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 pk-update-icon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pk-update-icon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pk-update-icon
Install pk-update-icon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pk-update-icon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pk-update-icon
Install pk-update-icon 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 pk-update-icon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pk-update-icon
How To Uninstall pk-update-icon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pk-update-icon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pk-update-icon
Uninstall pk-update-icon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pk-update-icon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pk-update-icon
Remove pk-update-icon Configurations and Data
To remove pk-update-icon
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pk-update-icon
Remove pk-update-icon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pk-update-icon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pk-update-icon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pk-update-icon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.