How To Install unity-control-center-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-control-center-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. unity-control-center-dev is utilities to configure the GNOME desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-control-center-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is unity-control-center-dev

unity-control-center-dev is:

This package contains the file required to get the keydirs location

There are three methods to install unity-control-center-dev 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 unity-control-center-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install unity-control-center-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install unity-control-center-dev

Install unity-control-center-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install unity-control-center-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install unity-control-center-dev

Install unity-control-center-dev 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 unity-control-center-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unity-control-center-dev

How To Uninstall unity-control-center-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the unity-control-center-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity-control-center-dev

Uninstall unity-control-center-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unity-control-center-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-control-center-dev

Remove unity-control-center-dev Configurations and Data

To remove unity-control-center-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unity-control-center-dev

Remove unity-control-center-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove unity-control-center-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-control-center-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-control-center-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.