How To Install glib-networking on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is glib-networking
glib-networking is:
This package contains various network related extensions for the GIO library. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-core, 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: glib-networking Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.64.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 209 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libproxy1v5 (>= 0.4.14), glib-networking-services (>= 2.64.1-1), glib-networking-services (« 2.64.1-1.1~), glib-networking-common (>= 2.64.1-1), gsettings-desktop-schemas Filename: pool/main/g/glib-networking/glib-networking_2.64.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 58104 MD5sum: b342e8d691330a3aef1a15f5d2afb8cf SHA1: 107af26289383cc2d405d90c9422d2576e807a10 SHA256: c6431aca6c8db675b99818d9e0568fc38a2390adb8a933e0ba4be0c893e1dd85 Description-en: network-related giomodules for GLib This package contains various network related extensions for the GIO library. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-core, 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 glib-networking 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 glib-networking Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glib-networking using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glib-networking
Install glib-networking Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glib-networking using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glib-networking
Install glib-networking 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 glib-networking using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glib-networking
How To Uninstall glib-networking on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the glib-networking package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glib-networking
Uninstall glib-networking And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glib-networking and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glib-networking
Remove glib-networking Configurations and Data
To remove glib-networking configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glib-networking
Remove glib-networking configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glib-networking configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glib-networking
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
