How To Install dbus-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04. dbus-x11 is simple interprocess messaging system (X11 deps) simple interprocess messaging system (X11 deps)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dbus-x11

dbus-x11 is:

D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

This package contains the dbus-launch utility which is necessary for packages using a D-Bus session bus.

See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: dbus-x11 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.12.16-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: x11 Source: dbus Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 161 Provides: dbus-session-bus Depends: dbus, libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (= 1.12.16-2ubuntu2), libx11-6 Filename: pool/main/d/dbus/dbus-x11_1.12.16-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 22628 MD5sum: e058a2debd73ba825202f324b45ebc48 SHA1: baefaa03eb8bbd52fb5e0bf310c9b2b7336ef2aa SHA256: bfd00afa210ab55d568042325c53bd9fef83aed973f00f1d8d261ee23fbf45e3 Homepage: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ Description-en: simple interprocess messaging system (X11 deps) D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

This package contains the dbus-launch utility which is necessary for packages using a D-Bus session bus.

See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install dbus-x11 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 dbus-x11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dbus-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dbus-x11

Install dbus-x11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dbus-x11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dbus-x11

Install dbus-x11 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 dbus-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dbus-x11

How To Uninstall dbus-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dbus-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dbus-x11

Uninstall dbus-x11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dbus-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbus-x11

Remove dbus-x11 Configurations and Data

To remove dbus-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dbus-x11

Remove dbus-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dbus-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbus-x11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-x11 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.