How To Install gnome-authenticator 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 gnome-authenticator on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-authenticator`

gnome-authenticator is:

Authenticator is a GTK3 application for the GNOME desktop, featuring:

QR code scanner
Beautiful UI
Huge database of more than 560 supported services
Keep your PIN tokens secure by locking the application with a password
Automatically fetch an image for services using their favicon
The possibility to add new services

There are three methods to install gnome-authenticator 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 gnome-authenticator 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-authenticator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-authenticator

Install gnome-authenticator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-authenticator

Install gnome-authenticator 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-authenticator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-authenticator

How To Uninstall gnome-authenticator on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnome-authenticator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-authenticator

Uninstall gnome-authenticator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-authenticator

Remove gnome-authenticator Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-authenticator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-authenticator

Remove gnome-authenticator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-authenticator

Dependencies

gnome-authenticator have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-authenticator website

Summary

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