How To Install unity-scope-home on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-home
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is unity-scope-home
unity-scope-home is:
A scope that aggregates results from multiple scopes and Server Scopes for Home Lens view in the Unity Dash.
It replaces the old implementation of Home Lens in Unity Dash.
There are three methods to install unity-scope-home
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 unity-scope-home 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-scope-home
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-home
Install unity-scope-home Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-home
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-scope-home
Install unity-scope-home 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-scope-home
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-home
How To Uninstall unity-scope-home on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the unity-scope-home
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-home
Uninstall unity-scope-home And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-scope-home
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-scope-home
Remove unity-scope-home Configurations and Data
To remove unity-scope-home
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-home
Remove unity-scope-home configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-scope-home
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-home
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-home
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.