How To Install user-manager on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install user-manager on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is user-manager
user-manager is:
A System Settings module for managing users on your system. Task: kubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install user-manager 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 user-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install user-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install user-manager
Install user-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install user-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install user-manager
Install user-manager 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 user-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install user-manager
How To Uninstall user-manager on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the user-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove user-manager
Uninstall user-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall user-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove user-manager
Remove user-manager Configurations and Data
To remove user-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge user-manager
Remove user-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove user-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge user-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install user-manager package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
