How To Install gnome on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gnome
gnome is:
This is the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop, with extra components.
This metapackage depends on the standard distribution of the GNOME desktop environment, plus a complete range of plugins and other applications integrating with GNOME and Debian, providing the best possible environment to date.
There are three methods to install gnome
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 gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome
Install gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome
Install gnome 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 gnome
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome
How To Uninstall gnome on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gnome
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome
Uninstall gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome
Remove gnome Configurations and Data
To remove gnome
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome
Remove gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.