How To Install whoopsie-preferences on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whoopsie-preferences on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is whoopsie-preferences
whoopsie-preferences is:
This package provides an interface for system preferences dialogs to control error reporting.
There are three methods to install whoopsie-preferences 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 whoopsie-preferences Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install whoopsie-preferences using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install whoopsie-preferences
Install whoopsie-preferences Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install whoopsie-preferences using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install whoopsie-preferences
Install whoopsie-preferences 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 whoopsie-preferences using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install whoopsie-preferences
How To Uninstall whoopsie-preferences on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the whoopsie-preferences package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove whoopsie-preferences
Uninstall whoopsie-preferences And Its Dependencies
To uninstall whoopsie-preferences and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove whoopsie-preferences
Remove whoopsie-preferences Configurations and Data
To remove whoopsie-preferences configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge whoopsie-preferences
Remove whoopsie-preferences configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove whoopsie-preferences configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whoopsie-preferences
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whoopsie-preferences package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
