How To Install cinnamon-screensaver on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver on Ubuntu 20.04. cinnamon-screensaver is Cinnamon screen saver and locker Cinnamon screen saver and locker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cinnamon-screensaver

cinnamon-screensaver 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.

Package: cinnamon-screensaver Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.1-3 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 337 Depends: cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 4.4), gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0 (>= 4.4), gir1.2-gkbd-3.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-xapp-1.0 (>= 1.2), iso-flags-png-320x240, libcscreensaver0 (= 4.4.1-3), python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-setproctitle, python3-xapp (>= 1.2), python3-xlib, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0) Recommends: libpam-gnome-keyring Breaks: cinnamon (« 4.4), cinnamon-core (« 4.4~), cinnamon-screensaver-pam-helper (« 3.8), cinnamon-screensaver-webkit-plugin (« 3.9), cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin (« 3.9) Replaces: cinnamon-screensaver-pam-helper (« 3.8), cinnamon-screensaver-webkit-plugin (« 3.9), cinnamon-screensaver-x-plugin (« 3.9) Filename: pool/universe/c/cinnamon-screensaver/cinnamon-screensaver_4.4.1-3_amd64.deb Size: 56016 MD5sum: d543b9c0e43c67f21909f93f1bcf672c SHA1: 51b1f9545b18b59524d51c246c5170e0284e7e23 SHA256: 999683b5ae190b2aa755cf1a23f171991aa03e6ce12dd80eda2923ecb5f80c02 Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Description-en: Cinnamon screen saver and locker 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.

There are three methods to install cinnamon-screensaver on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-screensaver

Install cinnamon-screensaver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-screensaver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cinnamon-screensaver

Install cinnamon-screensaver 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-screensaver

How To Uninstall cinnamon-screensaver on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cinnamon-screensaver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-screensaver

Uninstall cinnamon-screensaver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cinnamon-screensaver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-screensaver

Remove cinnamon-screensaver Configurations and Data

To remove cinnamon-screensaver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-screensaver

Remove cinnamon-screensaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cinnamon-screensaver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-screensaver

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.