How To Install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin is:
cinnamon-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane and secure defaults, and be well integrated with the Cinnamon desktop.
This package contains the plugin for using the xscreensaver animations.
There are three methods to install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
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 cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
Install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
Install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin 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 cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
How To Uninstall cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
Uninstall cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
Remove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
Remove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.