How To Install gnome-orca on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-orca on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-orca is Scriptable screen reader - transitional package Scriptable screen reader - transitional package

Introduction

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

What is gnome-orca

gnome-orca is:

A flexible, extensible, and powerful assistive technology that provides end-user access to applications and toolkits that support the AT-SPI (e.g., the GNOME desktop).

This package is here to ensure smooth upgrades. It can be removed when you see fit.

Package: gnome-orca Architecture: all Version: 3.36.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/oldlibs Source: orca Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 16 Depends: orca Filename: pool/universe/o/orca/gnome-orca_3.36.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2028 MD5sum: c14fa56b7c6135842e13555d50bb85b8 SHA1: 31e2b75d30e10cd3b41ba80f7fe2a583b74a83e7 SHA256: e54286865ec8e666cabe88987999dce94793b4bc5362c4f27fdaa6126d57d29d Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca Description-en: Scriptable screen reader - transitional package A flexible, extensible, and powerful assistive technology that provides end-user access to applications and toolkits that support the AT-SPI (e.g., the GNOME desktop).

This package is here to ensure smooth upgrades. It can be removed when you see fit.

There are three methods to install gnome-orca 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-orca 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-orca using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-orca

Install gnome-orca Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-orca

Install gnome-orca 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-orca using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-orca

How To Uninstall gnome-orca on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-orca

Uninstall gnome-orca And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-orca

Remove gnome-orca Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-orca

Remove gnome-orca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-orca

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Summary

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