How To Install software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is software-properties-gtk
software-properties-gtk is:
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.
This package contains a GTK+ based graphical interface.
There are three methods to install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-gtk
Install software-properties-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install software-properties-gtk
Install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install software-properties-gtk
How To Uninstall software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the software-properties-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove software-properties-gtk
Uninstall software-properties-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall software-properties-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove software-properties-gtk
Remove software-properties-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove software-properties-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge software-properties-gtk
Remove software-properties-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove software-properties-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge software-properties-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
