How To Install system-tools-backends on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-tools-backends on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is system-tools-backends
system-tools-backends is:
The System Tools Backends are a set of cross-platform scripts for Linux and other Unix systems. The backends provide a standard XML interface for modifying the configuration regardless of the distribution that’s being used.
These backends are used in GNOME System Tools.
There are three methods to install system-tools-backends 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 system-tools-backends Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-tools-backends using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-tools-backends
Install system-tools-backends Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-tools-backends using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-tools-backends
Install system-tools-backends 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 system-tools-backends using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-tools-backends
How To Uninstall system-tools-backends on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the system-tools-backends package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-tools-backends
Uninstall system-tools-backends And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-tools-backends and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-tools-backends
Remove system-tools-backends Configurations and Data
To remove system-tools-backends configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-tools-backends
Remove system-tools-backends configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-tools-backends configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-tools-backends
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-tools-backends package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
