How To Install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 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-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng on Ubuntu.
What is gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng is:
This package provides a GNOME Shell extension for showing the contents of ~/Desktop on the desktop of the Shell. Common file management operations such as launching, copy/paste, rename and deleting are supported.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 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-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 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-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 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-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Dependencies
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.