How To Install gnome-contacts 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-contacts on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-contacts`

gnome-contacts is:

GNOME Contacts is a standalone application to view and manage contacts provided by all available contacts sources (Evolution, Empathy, etc).

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-contacts

Install gnome-contacts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-contacts

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-contacts

How To Uninstall gnome-contacts on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-contacts

Uninstall gnome-contacts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-contacts

Remove gnome-contacts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-contacts

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-contacts have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-contacts website

Summary

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