How To Install presage-dbus on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install presage-dbus on Ubuntu 18.04. presage-dbus is intelligent predictive text entry platform (D-Bus service)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install presage-dbus on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is presage-dbus

presage-dbus is:

Presage is an intelligent predictive text entry platform.

This package contains the presage D-Bus service.

This package also contains a simple demonstration program that uses the D-Bus service.

There are three methods to install presage-dbus 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 presage-dbus Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install presage-dbus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install presage-dbus

Install presage-dbus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install presage-dbus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install presage-dbus

Install presage-dbus 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 presage-dbus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install presage-dbus

How To Uninstall presage-dbus on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the presage-dbus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove presage-dbus

Uninstall presage-dbus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall presage-dbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove presage-dbus

Remove presage-dbus Configurations and Data

To remove presage-dbus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge presage-dbus

Remove presage-dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove presage-dbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge presage-dbus

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install presage-dbus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.