How To Install spice-client-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-client-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is spice-client-gtk
spice-client-gtk is:
Simple clients for interacting with SPICE servers. This package includes:
spicy - GTK+ based SPICE client tool spicy-screenshot - SPICE screen-shot capture tool spicy-stats - SPICE connection details display tool
There are three methods to install spice-client-gtk 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 spice-client-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 spice-client-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spice-client-gtk
Install spice-client-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spice-client-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spice-client-gtk
Install spice-client-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 spice-client-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spice-client-gtk
How To Uninstall spice-client-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the spice-client-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spice-client-gtk
Uninstall spice-client-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spice-client-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spice-client-gtk
Remove spice-client-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove spice-client-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spice-client-gtk
Remove spice-client-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spice-client-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spice-client-gtk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-client-gtk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.