How To Install ubuntu-app-launch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-app-launch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ubuntu-app-launch
ubuntu-app-launch is:
Upstart Job file and associated utilities that is used to launch applications in a standard and confined way.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-app-launch 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 ubuntu-app-launch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-app-launch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-app-launch
Install ubuntu-app-launch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-app-launch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-app-launch
Install ubuntu-app-launch 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 ubuntu-app-launch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-app-launch
How To Uninstall ubuntu-app-launch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-app-launch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-app-launch
Uninstall ubuntu-app-launch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-app-launch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-app-launch
Remove ubuntu-app-launch Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-app-launch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-app-launch
Remove ubuntu-app-launch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-app-launch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-app-launch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-app-launch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.