How To Install software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04. software-properties-gtk is manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `software-properties-gtk`

software-properties-gtk is:

This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

This package contains a GTK+ based graphical interface. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: software-properties-gtk Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 445 Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Architecture: all Source: software-properties Version: 0.98.9.3 Depends: gir1.2-goa-1.0 (>= 3.27.92-1ubuntu1), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-snapd-1 (>= 1.42), libgtk3-perl, python3, python3-dateutil, python3-distro-info, python3-gi, python3-requests-unixsocket, python3-software-properties (= 0.98.9.3), software-properties-common, ubuntu-drivers-common (>= 1:0.2.75), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3:any Recommends: gnome-keyring, gnome-session-bin | xfce4-session | mate-session-manager Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

This package contains a GTK+ based graphical interface.

Package: software-properties-gtk Architecture: all Version: 0.98.9.2 Priority: optional Section: gnome Source: software-properties Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 445 Depends: gir1.2-goa-1.0 (>= 3.27.92-1ubuntu1), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-snapd-1 (>= 1.42), libgtk3-perl, python3, python3-dateutil, python3-distro-info, python3-gi, python3-requests-unixsocket, python3-software-properties (= 0.98.9.2), software-properties-common, ubuntu-drivers-common (>= 1:0.2.75), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3:any Recommends: gnome-keyring, gnome-session-bin | xfce4-session | mate-session-manager Filename: pool/main/s/software-properties/software-properties-gtk_0.98.9.2_all.deb Size: 63968 MD5sum: dcfe0ba4c3d2a47b6c46d8ec6e758dd6 SHA1: 68745955beced332f4c890c0d99a9abb18b72878 SHA256: eb8b4629f3b1fecce4eeb14d13113c84d1e6cb8bbc00f9b4af520d22fd037507 SHA512: 23c43722bf37650b1447b85b6a6269316cd9ca7bd0dda5e1981375dc5015047457b5cd7439c699ab3057331b0511921052ec563ff93781c5be4af7d03b53dc7b Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

Package: software-properties-gtk Architecture: all Version: 0.98.9 Priority: optional Section: gnome Source: software-properties Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 445 Depends: gir1.2-goa-1.0 (>= 3.27.92-1ubuntu1), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-snapd-1 (>= 1.42), libgtk3-perl, python3, python3-dateutil, python3-distro-info, python3-gi, python3-requests-unixsocket, python3-software-properties (= 0.98.9), software-properties-common, ubuntu-drivers-common (>= 1:0.2.75), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3:any Recommends: gnome-keyring, gnome-session-bin | xfce4-session | mate-session-manager Filename: pool/main/s/software-properties/software-properties-gtk_0.98.9_all.deb Size: 63988 MD5sum: 035ff3310a55a33b684b1eae6d059def SHA1: 1deff18ff49618a801afd564cb04f7794b0039f5 SHA256: eebcd959d8d96e7b3c7d42c0f6da90e148c9be297c4bcbf1f1148ef6181946cc Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

There are three methods to install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-gtk

Install software-properties-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install software-properties-gtk

Install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install software-properties-gtk

How To Uninstall software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the software-properties-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove software-properties-gtk

Uninstall software-properties-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove software-properties-gtk

Remove software-properties-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove software-properties-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge software-properties-gtk

Remove software-properties-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove software-properties-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge software-properties-gtk

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Summary

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