How To Install ubuntu-core-launcher on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-core-launcher on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-core-launcher
ubuntu-core-launcher is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-core-launcher Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.48.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 154 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2) Depends: snapd (= 2.48.3+20.04) Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-core-launcher_2.48.3+20.04_amd64.deb Size: 1640 MD5sum: b3bfcafd8c94163e3082da7447b78c2c SHA1: 8588ef47816b6a37402c99c60b89295609ca1215 SHA256: 07a7b0c6ad58df7cee3a1e0e07c5c61634cf40569a046899246207cd5888ac7e SHA512: 520966befa73f54c39f73ad0a18ea9d6bdfdfc15961652772284681e4fa91623fcb08f1aa3d52f6e64b92bda166e4ed9d446be6db1821d957a72858582d83eb8 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: Transitional package for snapd This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-core-launcher Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.44.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 130 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2) Depends: snapd (= 2.44.3+20.04) Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-core-launcher_2.44.3+20.04_amd64.deb Size: 1648 MD5sum: f10cc85b01ef7355c89ea6b42dd6896d SHA1: 73adaa05ccca279b46f9b9a9fd1c93fc7c20b0ec SHA256: bea82681f7aee9409a5af9e83fff80ecb4aec0a56ac04ccdd8192bb8695b65c2 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: Transitional package for snapd This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-core-launcher 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-core-launcher 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-core-launcher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-core-launcher
Install ubuntu-core-launcher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-core-launcher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-core-launcher
Install ubuntu-core-launcher 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-core-launcher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-core-launcher
How To Uninstall ubuntu-core-launcher on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-core-launcher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-core-launcher
Uninstall ubuntu-core-launcher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-core-launcher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-core-launcher
Remove ubuntu-core-launcher Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-core-launcher configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-core-launcher
Remove ubuntu-core-launcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-core-launcher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-core-launcher
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-core-launcher package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.