How To Install profile-sync-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install profile-sync-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04. profile-sync-daemon is Symlink and sync browser profile directories into RAM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install profile-sync-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is profile-sync-daemon

profile-sync-daemon is:

Profile-sync-daemon (psd) is a tiny pseudo-daemon designed to manage your browsers profile in tmpfs and periodically sync it back to disk.

This is accomplished by symlinking and the innovative use of rsync to maintain a backup and synchronization between tmpfs and disk. One of the major design goals of psd is a completely transparent user experience.

There are three methods to install profile-sync-daemon 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 profile-sync-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install profile-sync-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install profile-sync-daemon

Install profile-sync-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install profile-sync-daemon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install profile-sync-daemon

Install profile-sync-daemon 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 profile-sync-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install profile-sync-daemon

How To Uninstall profile-sync-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the profile-sync-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove profile-sync-daemon

Uninstall profile-sync-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove profile-sync-daemon

Remove profile-sync-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove profile-sync-daemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge profile-sync-daemon

Remove profile-sync-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove profile-sync-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge profile-sync-daemon

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Summary

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