How To Install xfce4-appfinder on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-appfinder on Ubuntu 20.04. xfce4-appfinder is Application finder for the Xfce4 desktop environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-appfinder on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is xfce4-appfinder

xfce4-appfinder is:

This is an application finder for the Xfce4 desktop environment. It will search for installed applications on your system. It can also be used to browse installed applications by category, run them or edit their launchers.

xfce4-appfinder can also be used with a shortcut command to quickly run applications, and also supports custom prefixes to execute custom commands on provided paramers. Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop

There are three methods to install xfce4-appfinder 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 xfce4-appfinder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-appfinder using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-appfinder

Install xfce4-appfinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-appfinder using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfce4-appfinder

Install xfce4-appfinder 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 xfce4-appfinder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-appfinder

How To Uninstall xfce4-appfinder on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the xfce4-appfinder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-appfinder

Uninstall xfce4-appfinder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfce4-appfinder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-appfinder

Remove xfce4-appfinder Configurations and Data

To remove xfce4-appfinder configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-appfinder

Remove xfce4-appfinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfce4-appfinder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-appfinder

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-appfinder package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.