How To Install gnome-characters 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-characters on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-characters`

gnome-characters is:

Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-characters

Install gnome-characters Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-characters

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-characters

How To Uninstall gnome-characters on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-characters

Uninstall gnome-characters And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-characters

Remove gnome-characters Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-characters

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-characters have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-characters website

Summary

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