How To Install ubuntu-web-launchers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-web-launchers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ubuntu-web-launchers
ubuntu-web-launchers is:
This package used to contain .desktop files (launchers) and scripts for programs that were provided in an Ubuntu session by default. It is now empty and safe to remove.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-web-launchers 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-web-launchers 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-web-launchers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-web-launchers
Install ubuntu-web-launchers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-web-launchers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-web-launchers
Install ubuntu-web-launchers 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-web-launchers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-web-launchers
How To Uninstall ubuntu-web-launchers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-web-launchers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-web-launchers
Uninstall ubuntu-web-launchers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-web-launchers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-web-launchers
Remove ubuntu-web-launchers Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-web-launchers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-web-launchers
Remove ubuntu-web-launchers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-web-launchers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-web-launchers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-web-launchers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
