How To Install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
gnome-shell-extension-caffeine is:
This GNOME Shell extension provides an icon which can be toggled to inhibit the actions that would normally be taken when the system is idle, including screen locking, screensaver and automatic suspend. By default it also inhibits idle actions while any window is full-screen, and it can be configured to inhibit idle actions while user-specified applications have any window open.
Please note that each user will need to enable the extension manually, for example using the gnome-shell-extension-prefs application.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine 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-shell-extension-caffeine 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-shell-extension-caffeine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
Install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
Install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine 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-shell-extension-caffeine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-caffeine on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-caffeine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-caffeine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-caffeine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
Remove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
Remove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-caffeine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-caffeine
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-caffeine package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
