How To Install hud 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 hud on Ubuntu.

What is `hud`

hud is:

Unity HUD is a heads-up-display interface for controlling the behavior of applications as well as Unity via typed-in commands. It provides access to all applications menu via a single central interface, in order to simplify application usage and make menus more accessible.

This package provides a service for Unity’s HUD

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hud

Install hud Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hud

Install hud 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 hud using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hud

How To Uninstall hud on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove hud

Uninstall hud And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hud

Remove hud Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hud

Remove hud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hud

Dependencies

hud have the following dependencies:

References

hud website

Summary

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