How To Install zenity-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zenity-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zenity-common
zenity-common is:
Zenity allows you to display GTK+ dialogs from shell scripts; it is a rewrite of the `gdialog’ command from GNOME 1.
Zenity includes a gdialog wrapper script so that it can be used with legacy scripts.
This package contains architecture independent files.
There are three methods to install zenity-common 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 zenity-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zenity-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zenity-common
Install zenity-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zenity-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zenity-common
Install zenity-common 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 zenity-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zenity-common
How To Uninstall zenity-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zenity-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zenity-common
Uninstall zenity-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zenity-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zenity-common
Remove zenity-common Configurations and Data
To remove zenity-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zenity-common
Remove zenity-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zenity-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zenity-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zenity-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
