How To Install bamfdaemon on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bamfdaemon on Ubuntu.

What is `bamfdaemon`

bamfdaemon is:

bamf matches application windows to desktop files

This package contains the daemon used by the library and a gio module that facilitates the matching of applications started through GDesktopAppInfo

There are three methods to install bamfdaemon on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bamfdaemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bamfdaemon

Install bamfdaemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bamfdaemon

Install bamfdaemon 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 bamfdaemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bamfdaemon

How To Uninstall bamfdaemon on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove bamfdaemon

Uninstall bamfdaemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bamfdaemon

Remove bamfdaemon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bamfdaemon

Remove bamfdaemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bamfdaemon

Dependencies

bamfdaemon have the following dependencies:

References

bamfdaemon website

Summary

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