How To Install xubuntu-restricted-addons on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xubuntu-restricted-addons
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xubuntu-restricted-addons
xubuntu-restricted-addons is:
This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Ubuntu universe and multiverse repositories.
You should not install this package directly, but instead install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install xubuntu-restricted-addons
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 xubuntu-restricted-addons Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xubuntu-restricted-addons
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xubuntu-restricted-addons
Install xubuntu-restricted-addons Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xubuntu-restricted-addons
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xubuntu-restricted-addons
Install xubuntu-restricted-addons 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 xubuntu-restricted-addons
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xubuntu-restricted-addons
How To Uninstall xubuntu-restricted-addons on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xubuntu-restricted-addons
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xubuntu-restricted-addons
Uninstall xubuntu-restricted-addons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xubuntu-restricted-addons
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xubuntu-restricted-addons
Remove xubuntu-restricted-addons Configurations and Data
To remove xubuntu-restricted-addons
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xubuntu-restricted-addons
Remove xubuntu-restricted-addons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xubuntu-restricted-addons
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xubuntu-restricted-addons
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xubuntu-restricted-addons
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.