How To Install gkdebconf on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkdebconf on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gkdebconf
gkdebconf is:
This is a program that helps one using the “dpkg-reconfigure” tool. It is basically a graphical frontend. It makes life easier showing a simple menu of packages which can be reconfigured with Debconf and the Debconf frontends that can be used for the reconfiguration.
There are three methods to install gkdebconf 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 gkdebconf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkdebconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkdebconf
Install gkdebconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkdebconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkdebconf
Install gkdebconf 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 gkdebconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkdebconf
How To Uninstall gkdebconf on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gkdebconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkdebconf
Uninstall gkdebconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkdebconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkdebconf
Remove gkdebconf Configurations and Data
To remove gkdebconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkdebconf
Remove gkdebconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkdebconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkdebconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkdebconf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
