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