How To Install ubuntu-software on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-software on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-software
ubuntu-software is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Package: ubuntu-software Architecture: all Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome Source: gnome-software Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44 Depends: gnome-software (>= 3.36.0-0ubuntu3) Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-software/ubuntu-software_3.36.0-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 10672 MD5sum: 4b7a4bd5b5f98617a812bb75ed8410bb SHA1: 48c3d7a657d90022a84a6ba68bc851288b2ecdf2 SHA256: 7e554bed5eb9db4f7f2b5b24f2645b23d8069ee72a402adacedd0368d170dc54 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-software 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 ubuntu-software Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-software using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-software
Install ubuntu-software Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-software using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-software
Install ubuntu-software 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 ubuntu-software using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-software
How To Uninstall ubuntu-software on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-software package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-software
Uninstall ubuntu-software And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-software and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-software
Remove ubuntu-software Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-software configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-software
Remove ubuntu-software configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-software configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-software
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-software package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
