How To Install update-manager-core on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install update-manager-core on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is update-manager-core
update-manager-core is:
This is the core of update-manager and the release upgrader Task: standard
Package: update-manager-core Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 192 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: all Source: update-manager Version: 1:20.04.10.5 Replaces: update-manager (« 1:0.146.2) Depends: python3:any (>= 3.2~), python3-update-manager (= 1:20.04.10.5), python3-distro-info, distro-info-data, lsb-release, ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (>= 1:18.04.9) Recommends: libpam-modules (>= 1.0.1-9ubuntu3) Breaks: computer-janitor (<= 1.11-0ubuntu1), update-manager (« 1:0.146.2) Description-en: manage release upgrades This is the core of update-manager and the release upgrader
Package: update-manager-core Architecture: all Version: 1:20.04.9 Priority: standard Section: admin Source: update-manager Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 192 Depends: python3:any (>= 3.2~), python3-update-manager (= 1:20.04.9), python3-distro-info, distro-info-data, lsb-release, ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (>= 1:18.04.9) Recommends: libpam-modules (>= 1.0.1-9ubuntu3) Breaks: computer-janitor (<= 1.11-0ubuntu1), update-manager (« 1:0.146.2) Replaces: update-manager (« 1:0.146.2) Filename: pool/main/u/update-manager/update-manager-core_20.04.9_all.deb Size: 11252 MD5sum: acb08e159b87c1c3d02052e8c4d28dd4 SHA1: ef64129ed248ff0af5767006238ab8319a3bbadf SHA256: 71b31101263e7133f3cd929e70ea125b3effbdbc417d2cf3b2c7d9292d382630 Description-en: manage release upgrades This is the core of update-manager and the release upgrader Task: standard
There are three methods to install update-manager-core 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 update-manager-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install update-manager-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install update-manager-core
Install update-manager-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install update-manager-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install update-manager-core
Install update-manager-core 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 update-manager-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install update-manager-core
How To Uninstall update-manager-core on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the update-manager-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove update-manager-core
Uninstall update-manager-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall update-manager-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove update-manager-core
Remove update-manager-core Configurations and Data
To remove update-manager-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge update-manager-core
Remove update-manager-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove update-manager-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge update-manager-core
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install update-manager-core package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
