How To Install gnome-weather on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-weather on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-weather is access current conditions and forecasts

Introduction

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

What is gnome-weather

gnome-weather is:

Weather is a small application for GNOME that allows one to monitor the current weather conditions for a city, or anywhere in the world, and to access updated forecasts provided by various internet services.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-weather

Install gnome-weather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-weather

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-weather

How To Uninstall gnome-weather on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-weather

Uninstall gnome-weather And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-weather

Remove gnome-weather Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-weather

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

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

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

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Summary

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