How To Install zeitgeist-datahub on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeitgeist-datahub on Ubuntu 20.04. zeitgeist-datahub is event logging framework - passive logging daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeitgeist-datahub on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is zeitgeist-datahub

zeitgeist-datahub is:

Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user’s activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations hold with other people, etc.) and makes the relevant information available to other applications.

It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns.

This package contains zeitgeist-datahub, a daemon which starts together with the main engine and inserts information collected from GtkRecentlyUsed, KDE’s Recent Documents and several other sources into it.

There are three methods to install zeitgeist-datahub 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 zeitgeist-datahub Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zeitgeist-datahub

Install zeitgeist-datahub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zeitgeist-datahub

Install zeitgeist-datahub 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 zeitgeist-datahub using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zeitgeist-datahub

How To Uninstall zeitgeist-datahub on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the zeitgeist-datahub package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zeitgeist-datahub

Uninstall zeitgeist-datahub And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeitgeist-datahub

Remove zeitgeist-datahub Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zeitgeist-datahub

Remove zeitgeist-datahub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeitgeist-datahub

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Summary

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