How To Install gnome-control-center on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-control-center is utilities to configure the GNOME desktop utilities to configure the GNOME desktop utilities to configure the GNOME desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-control-center

gnome-control-center is:

This package contains configuration applets for the GNOME desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters.

It also contains a front end to these applets, which can also be accessed with the GNOME panel or the Nautilus file manager. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gnome-control-center Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 5603 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu1 Depends: libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.40), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libcheese8 (>= 3.28.0), libcolord-gtk1 (>= 0.1.24), libcolord2 (>= 1.4.3), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.57.2), libgnome-bluetooth13 (>= 3.18.2), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.33.4), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.25.3), libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (>= 3.10.0), libgsound0 (>= 1.0.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.20), libgtop-2.0-11 (>= 2.22.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 232), libibus-1.0-5 (>= 1.5.2), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.8+dfsg), libmm-glib0 (>= 0.7.991), libnm0 (>= 1.11.90), libnma0 (>= 1.1.90), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.103), libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (>= 0.99.1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.57), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libudisks2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libupower-glib3 (>= 0.99.8), libwacom2 (>= 1.1), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2), libwhoopsie-preferences0 (>= 0.9), libx11-6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), accountsservice, apg, colord (>= 0.1.30), desktop-file-utils, gnome-control-center-data (« 1:3.37), gnome-control-center-data (>= 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu1), gnome-desktop3-data, gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.29), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.31.0), language-selector-gnome (>= 0.179~), system-config-printer (>= 1.4), whoopsie-preferences Recommends: cups-pk-helper, gnome-online-accounts (>= 3.25.3), gnome-user-docs, gkbd-capplet, ibus, iso-codes, libcanberra-pulse, mousetweaks, policykit-1, network-manager-gnome (>= 0.9.8), cracklib-runtime, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, gnome-control-center-faces, rygel | rygel-tracker Suggests: gnome-software | gnome-packagekit, gnome-user-share, realmd, gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, libcanberra-gtk-module, libcanberra-gtk3-module, x11-xserver-utils Description-en: utilities to configure the GNOME desktop This package contains configuration applets for the GNOME desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters.

It also contains a front end to these applets, which can also be accessed with the GNOME panel or the Nautilus file manager. Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected]

Package: gnome-control-center Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu5 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5538 Depends: libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.40), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libcheese8 (>= 3.28.0), libcolord-gtk1 (>= 0.1.24), libcolord2 (>= 1.4.3), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.57.2), libgnome-bluetooth13 (>= 3.18.2), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.33.4), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.25.3), libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (>= 3.10.0), libgsound0 (>= 1.0.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.20), libgtop-2.0-11 (>= 2.22.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 232), libibus-1.0-5 (>= 1.5.2), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.8+dfsg), libmm-glib0 (>= 0.7.991), libnm0 (>= 1.11.90), libnma0 (>= 1.1.90), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.103), libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (>= 0.99.1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.57), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libudisks2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libupower-glib3 (>= 0.99.8), libwacom2 (>= 1.1), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2), libwhoopsie-preferences0 (>= 0.9), libx11-6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), accountsservice, apg, colord (>= 0.1.30), desktop-file-utils, gnome-control-center-data (« 1:3.37), gnome-control-center-data (>= 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu5), gnome-desktop3-data, gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.29), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.31.0), language-selector-gnome (>= 0.179~), system-config-printer (>= 1.4), whoopsie-preferences Recommends: cups-pk-helper, gnome-online-accounts (>= 3.25.3), gnome-user-docs, gkbd-capplet, ibus, iso-codes, libcanberra-pulse, mousetweaks, policykit-1, network-manager-gnome (>= 0.9.8), cracklib-runtime, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, gnome-control-center-faces, rygel | rygel-tracker Suggests: gnome-software | gnome-packagekit, gnome-user-share, realmd, gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, libcanberra-gtk-module, libcanberra-gtk3-module, x11-xserver-utils Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_3.36.1-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 1716380 MD5sum: d4b81f7a7910f3cd7212c53d2dbc80a9 SHA1: 54e221930219a116961cc2464ec357d61d311fb9 SHA256: 6efd5f172d2eadf2de3cc1868a3d58d0231df978fabf2b73cec07347f64b1cf7 Description-en: utilities to configure the GNOME desktop This package contains configuration applets for the GNOME desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters.

It also contains a front end to these applets, which can also be accessed with the GNOME panel or the Nautilus file manager. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install gnome-control-center 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 gnome-control-center Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-control-center using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-control-center

Install gnome-control-center Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-control-center using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-control-center

Install gnome-control-center 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 gnome-control-center using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-control-center

How To Uninstall gnome-control-center on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-control-center package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-control-center

Uninstall gnome-control-center And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-control-center

Remove gnome-control-center Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-control-center configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-control-center

Remove gnome-control-center configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-control-center configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-control-center

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Summary

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