How To Install gnome-startup-applications on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-startup-applications on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-startup-applications is Startup Applications manager for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gnome-startup-applications

gnome-startup-applications is:

The Startup Applications Preferences app allows configuring applications to run automatically when logging in to your desktop. This app complies with the FreeDesktop.org Desktop Application Autostart Specification so it will work even if your chosen desktop is not GNOME. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-startup-applications

Install gnome-startup-applications Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-startup-applications

Install gnome-startup-applications 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-startup-applications using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-startup-applications

How To Uninstall gnome-startup-applications on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-startup-applications

Uninstall gnome-startup-applications And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-startup-applications

Remove gnome-startup-applications Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-startup-applications

Remove gnome-startup-applications configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-startup-applications

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Summary

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