How To Install ubuntu-app-launch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-app-launch
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-app-launch
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.