How To Install gconf-service-backend 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 gconf-service-backend on Ubuntu.

What is `gconf-service-backend`

gconf-service-backend is:

GConf is a configuration database system for storing application preferences. It supports default or mandatory settings set by the administrator, and changes to the database are instantly applied to all running applications. It is written for the GNOME desktop but doesn’t require it.

This package contains the D-Bus enabled daemon that is used internally by the GConf library to access configuration data. It is an internal implementation of gconf used to work around multiarch-related upgrade problems, and will eventually be merged back into gconf-service.

There are three methods to install gconf-service-backend 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 gconf-service-backend Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gconf-service-backend

Install gconf-service-backend Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gconf-service-backend using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gconf-service-backend

Install gconf-service-backend 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 gconf-service-backend using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gconf-service-backend

How To Uninstall gconf-service-backend on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gconf-service-backend package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gconf-service-backend

Uninstall gconf-service-backend And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gconf-service-backend

Remove gconf-service-backend Configurations and Data

To remove gconf-service-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gconf-service-backend

Remove gconf-service-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gconf-service-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gconf-service-backend

Dependencies

gconf-service-backend have the following dependencies:

References

gconf-service-backend website

Summary

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