How To Install thunar-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is thunar-data
thunar-data is:
This package contains architecture-independent files for thunar, the file manager and file management libraries for Xfce desktop environment.
There are three methods to install thunar-data 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 thunar-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install thunar-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thunar-data
Install thunar-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thunar-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thunar-data
Install thunar-data 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 thunar-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thunar-data
How To Uninstall thunar-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the thunar-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thunar-data
Uninstall thunar-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thunar-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunar-data
Remove thunar-data Configurations and Data
To remove thunar-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thunar-data
Remove thunar-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thunar-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunar-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
