How To Install grop 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 grop on Ubuntu.

What is `grop`

grop is:

Grop is the graphic interface of porg. It uses and depends on the GTKMM library. It’s not meant to be a replacement of porg, since it lacks some important features like logging package installations, but it allows for manipulating the installed packages in a more comfortable way.

This package is a complete replacement for the deprecated ‘gpaco’ package.

There are three methods to install grop 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 grop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grop

Install grop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grop

Install grop 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 grop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grop

How To Uninstall grop on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the grop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grop

Uninstall grop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grop

Remove grop Configurations and Data

To remove grop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grop

Remove grop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grop

Dependencies

grop have the following dependencies:

References

grop website

Summary

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