How To Install dconf-editor on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dconf-editor on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dconf-editor
dconf-editor is:
DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop environment settings.
This package contains a graphical editor for settings stored in dconf.
Package: dconf-editor Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1212 Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.4), libdconf1 (>= 0.25.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.0) Filename: pool/universe/d/dconf-editor/dconf-editor_3.36.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 313620 MD5sum: 32860d1079a8d1fbf0e6c37b1480485b SHA1: 439074de3f021d21564cf17ae8860101639d5f10 SHA256: 785341c3e89a06e85f6c3a161cb65652a5add41fd5b6ccf6417d22b2128fda7c Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/dconf Description-en: simple configuration storage system - graphical editor DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop environment settings.
This package contains a graphical editor for settings stored in dconf.
There are three methods to install dconf-editor 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 dconf-editor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dconf-editor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dconf-editor
Install dconf-editor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dconf-editor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dconf-editor
Install dconf-editor 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 dconf-editor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dconf-editor
How To Uninstall dconf-editor on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dconf-editor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dconf-editor
Uninstall dconf-editor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dconf-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dconf-editor
Remove dconf-editor Configurations and Data
To remove dconf-editor configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dconf-editor
Remove dconf-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dconf-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dconf-editor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dconf-editor package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
