How To Install solaar-gnome3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar-gnome3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is solaar-gnome3
solaar-gnome3 is:
Solaar is a Linux device manager for Logitech’s Unifying Receiver wireless peripherals. It is able to pair/unpair devices to the receiver, and for some devices to read battery status.
This metapackage ensures integration with GNOME Shell/Unity.
There are three methods to install solaar-gnome3 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 solaar-gnome3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solaar-gnome3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solaar-gnome3
Install solaar-gnome3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solaar-gnome3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solaar-gnome3
Install solaar-gnome3 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 solaar-gnome3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solaar-gnome3
How To Uninstall solaar-gnome3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the solaar-gnome3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solaar-gnome3
Uninstall solaar-gnome3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solaar-gnome3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solaar-gnome3
Remove solaar-gnome3 Configurations and Data
To remove solaar-gnome3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solaar-gnome3
Remove solaar-gnome3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solaar-gnome3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solaar-gnome3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar-gnome3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
