How To Install unison-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is unison-gtk
unison-gtk is:
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows, written in OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
Unison offers several advantages over various synchronization methods such as CVS, Coda, rsync, Intellisync, etc. Unison can run on and synchronize between Windows and many UNIX platforms. Unison requires no root privileges, system access or kernel changes to function. Unison can synchronize changes to files and directories in both directions, on the same machine, or across a network using ssh or a direct socket connection.
Transfers are optimised using a version of the rsync protocol, making it ideal for slower links. Unison has a clear and precise specification, and is resilient to failure due to its careful handling of the replicas and its private structures.
This package adds the optional GTK+ interface.
There are three methods to install unison-gtk 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 unison-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unison-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unison-gtk
Install unison-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unison-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unison-gtk
Install unison-gtk 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 unison-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unison-gtk
How To Uninstall unison-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the unison-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unison-gtk
Uninstall unison-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unison-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unison-gtk
Remove unison-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove unison-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unison-gtk
Remove unison-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unison-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unison-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
