How To Install solaar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is solaar
solaar is:
Solaar is a Linux device manager for Logitech’s Unifying Receiver wireless peripherals. It is able to pair/unpair devices to the receiver, and for some devices to read battery status.
There are three methods to install solaar 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 solaar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solaar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solaar
Install solaar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solaar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solaar
Install solaar 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 solaar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solaar
How To Uninstall solaar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the solaar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solaar
Uninstall solaar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solaar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solaar
Remove solaar Configurations and Data
To remove solaar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solaar
Remove solaar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solaar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solaar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
