How To Install gnome-tweak-tool on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-tweak-tool
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-tweak-tool
gnome-tweak-tool is:
GNOME Tweak Tool allows the adjustment of several advanced GNOME options that can’t be configured in gnome-control-center.
This package is here to ensure smooth upgrades. It can be removed when you see fit.
There are three methods to install gnome-tweak-tool
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-tweak-tool 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-tweak-tool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-tweak-tool
Install gnome-tweak-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-tweak-tool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-tweak-tool
Install gnome-tweak-tool 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-tweak-tool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-tweak-tool
How To Uninstall gnome-tweak-tool on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-tweak-tool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-tweak-tool
Uninstall gnome-tweak-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-tweak-tool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-tweak-tool
Remove gnome-tweak-tool Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-tweak-tool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-tweak-tool
Remove gnome-tweak-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-tweak-tool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-tweak-tool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-tweak-tool
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.