How To Install clipman on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clipman on Ubuntu 22.04. clipman is simple clipboard manager for Wayland

Introduction

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

What is clipman

clipman is:

Clipman is a basic clipboard manager for Wayland, with support for persisting copy buffers after an application exits.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clipman

Install clipman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clipman

Install clipman 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 clipman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clipman

How To Uninstall clipman on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clipman

Uninstall clipman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clipman

Remove clipman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clipman

Remove clipman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clipman

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Summary

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