How To Install matchbox on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is matchbox
matchbox is:
Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as phones, handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks, and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.
This is a metapackage which depends on the component packages for Matchbox version 1.
There are three methods to install matchbox 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 matchbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install matchbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install matchbox
Install matchbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install matchbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install matchbox
Install matchbox 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 matchbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install matchbox
How To Uninstall matchbox on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the matchbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove matchbox
Uninstall matchbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall matchbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove matchbox
Remove matchbox Configurations and Data
To remove matchbox configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge matchbox
Remove matchbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove matchbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matchbox
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
