How To Install partitionmanager on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install partitionmanager on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is partitionmanager
partitionmanager is:
Partition Manager is a utility program to help you manage the disk devices, partitions and file systems on your computer. It allows you to easily create, copy, move, delete, resize without losing data, backup and restore partitions.
Partition Manager supports a large number of file systems, including ext2/3/4, reiserfs, NTFS, FAT16/32, jfs, xfs and more. Note that to gain support for a specific file system other than ext2/3/4, you should install the corresponding suggested package.
Partition Manager is based on libparted (like gparted) and makes use of the KDE libraries for its user interface.
There are three methods to install partitionmanager 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 partitionmanager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install partitionmanager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install partitionmanager
Install partitionmanager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install partitionmanager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install partitionmanager
Install partitionmanager 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 partitionmanager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install partitionmanager
How To Uninstall partitionmanager on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the partitionmanager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove partitionmanager
Uninstall partitionmanager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall partitionmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove partitionmanager
Remove partitionmanager Configurations and Data
To remove partitionmanager configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge partitionmanager
Remove partitionmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove partitionmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge partitionmanager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install partitionmanager package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
