How To Install unity-scope-tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04. unity-scope-tomboy is Tomboy scope for Unity

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is unity-scope-tomboy

unity-scope-tomboy is:

This package contains the “tomboy” scope which allows Unity to search for tomboy content.

There are three methods to install unity-scope-tomboy 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-scope-tomboy 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-tomboy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-tomboy

Install unity-scope-tomboy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-tomboy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install unity-scope-tomboy

Install unity-scope-tomboy 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-tomboy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-tomboy

How To Uninstall unity-scope-tomboy on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the unity-scope-tomboy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-tomboy

Uninstall unity-scope-tomboy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-scope-tomboy

Remove unity-scope-tomboy Configurations and Data

To remove unity-scope-tomboy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-tomboy

Remove unity-scope-tomboy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-tomboy

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Summary

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