How To Install obsession on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install obsession on Ubuntu 22.04. obsession is Session management helpers for lightweight desktop environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install obsession on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is obsession

obsession is:

This package provides the following tools:

  • obsession-logout displays a dialog where you can choose if you want to quit the session, power off, suspend or hibernate the computer.
  • obsession-exit: this is the command line version of obsession-logout.
  • xdg-autostart start automatically programs defined in /etc/xdg/autostart and ~/.config/autostart.

There are three methods to install obsession 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 obsession Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install obsession

Install obsession Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install obsession using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install obsession

Install obsession 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 obsession using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install obsession

How To Uninstall obsession on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the obsession package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove obsession

Uninstall obsession And Its Dependencies

To uninstall obsession and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove obsession

Remove obsession Configurations and Data

To remove obsession configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge obsession

Remove obsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obsession

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install obsession package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.