How To Install unity-scope-launchpad on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-launchpad
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is unity-scope-launchpad
unity-scope-launchpad is:
This package contains the “launchpad” scope which allows Unity to search for launchpad content.
There are three methods to install unity-scope-launchpad
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-launchpad 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-launchpad
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-launchpad
Install unity-scope-launchpad Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-launchpad
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-scope-launchpad
Install unity-scope-launchpad 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-launchpad
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-launchpad
How To Uninstall unity-scope-launchpad on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the unity-scope-launchpad
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-launchpad
Uninstall unity-scope-launchpad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-scope-launchpad
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-launchpad
Remove unity-scope-launchpad Configurations and Data
To remove unity-scope-launchpad
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-launchpad
Remove unity-scope-launchpad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-scope-launchpad
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-launchpad
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-launchpad
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.