How To Install dex on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dex
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dex
dex is:
DesktopEntry eXecution implements the Freedesktop.org autostart specification, independent of any desktop or window manager environment. Applications may be filtered based on the Desktop Environment advertised in the .desktop file.
dex can also create a minimal .desktop file for a specified program.
There are three methods to install dex
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dex
Install dex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dex
Install dex 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 dex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dex
How To Uninstall dex on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dex
Uninstall dex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dex
Remove dex Configurations and Data
To remove dex
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dex
Remove dex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dex
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.