How To Install edgy-session-splashes on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install edgy-session-splashes on Ubuntu 18.04. edgy-session-splashes is Edgy Session Splashes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edgy-session-splashes on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is edgy-session-splashes

edgy-session-splashes is:

The default Session Splashes for Edgy. At the moment the package contains:

  • Ubuntu Wave
  • Ubuntu Smooth

There are three methods to install edgy-session-splashes 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 edgy-session-splashes Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install edgy-session-splashes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install edgy-session-splashes

Install edgy-session-splashes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install edgy-session-splashes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install edgy-session-splashes

Install edgy-session-splashes 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 edgy-session-splashes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edgy-session-splashes

How To Uninstall edgy-session-splashes on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the edgy-session-splashes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove edgy-session-splashes

Uninstall edgy-session-splashes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edgy-session-splashes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edgy-session-splashes

Remove edgy-session-splashes Configurations and Data

To remove edgy-session-splashes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edgy-session-splashes

Remove edgy-session-splashes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove edgy-session-splashes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edgy-session-splashes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edgy-session-splashes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.