How To Install eom-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eom-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eom-common
eom-common is:
eom or the Eye of MATE is a simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance.
This package contains the architecture independent files.
There are three methods to install eom-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 eom-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 eom-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eom-common
Install eom-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eom-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eom-common
Install eom-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 eom-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eom-common
How To Uninstall eom-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eom-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eom-common
Uninstall eom-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eom-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eom-common
Remove eom-common Configurations and Data
To remove eom-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eom-common
Remove eom-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eom-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eom-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eom-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
