How To Install libsecret-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsecret-common on Ubuntu 20.04. libsecret-common is Secret store (common files) Secret store (common files) Secret store (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsecret-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libsecret-common`

libsecret-common is:

Library for storing and retrieving passwords and other secrets. It communicates with the “Secret Service” using DBus.

This package contains data files used by the libsecret library. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libsecret-common Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 44 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: all Multi-Arch: foreign Source: libsecret Version: 0.20.3-0ubuntu1 Description-en: Secret store (common files) Library for storing and retrieving passwords and other secrets. It communicates with the “Secret Service” using DBus.

This package contains data files used by the libsecret library. Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Libsecret

Package: libsecret-common Architecture: all Version: 0.20.2-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libsecret Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44 Filename: pool/main/libs/libsecret/libsecret-common_0.20.2-1_all.deb Size: 3988 MD5sum: f9a1a8eeb7e8c52d3f40f329f0e5ebec SHA1: 7040ba58410f7086a78e91fd266dc17fe6952c8d SHA256: 052f78fa3f6517ff8ad6f8f07ced11933a7d51e1f814f5aee2ac7ee6acb05a87 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Libsecret Description-en: Secret store (common files) Library for storing and retrieving passwords and other secrets. It communicates with the “Secret Service” using DBus.

There are three methods to install libsecret-common 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 libsecret-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsecret-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsecret-common

Install libsecret-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsecret-common

Install libsecret-common 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 libsecret-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsecret-common

How To Uninstall libsecret-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsecret-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsecret-common

Uninstall libsecret-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsecret-common

Remove libsecret-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsecret-common

Remove libsecret-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsecret-common

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Summary

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