How To Install budgie-desktop-environment 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 budgie-desktop-environment on Ubuntu.

What is `budgie-desktop-environment`

budgie-desktop-environment is:

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There are three methods to install budgie-desktop-environment 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 budgie-desktop-environment Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install budgie-desktop-environment

Install budgie-desktop-environment Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install budgie-desktop-environment using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install budgie-desktop-environment

Install budgie-desktop-environment 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 budgie-desktop-environment using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install budgie-desktop-environment

How To Uninstall budgie-desktop-environment on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the budgie-desktop-environment package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove budgie-desktop-environment

Uninstall budgie-desktop-environment And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove budgie-desktop-environment

Remove budgie-desktop-environment Configurations and Data

To remove budgie-desktop-environment configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge budgie-desktop-environment

Remove budgie-desktop-environment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove budgie-desktop-environment configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge budgie-desktop-environment

Dependencies

budgie-desktop-environment have the following dependencies:

References

budgie-desktop-environment website

Summary

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