How To Install libgnome-desktop-4-1 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 libgnome-desktop-4-1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libgnome-desktop-4-1`

libgnome-desktop-4-1 is:

The gnome-desktop set of libraries provides various utility functions that are used in multiple components of the GNOME desktop, but do not have a sufficiently stable API to be included in core libraries such as GLib and GTK.

This library provides miscellaneous non-GUI utilities, including sandboxed image thumbnailing, localization-related utilities, idle time monitoring, a simplified interface to the udev hardware database, putting processes into systemd scopes, user-facing time representation and keyboard layout information.

There are three methods to install libgnome-desktop-4-1 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 libgnome-desktop-4-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-desktop-4-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-desktop-4-1

Install libgnome-desktop-4-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-desktop-4-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnome-desktop-4-1

Install libgnome-desktop-4-1 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 libgnome-desktop-4-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-desktop-4-1

How To Uninstall libgnome-desktop-4-1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libgnome-desktop-4-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnome-desktop-4-1

Uninstall libgnome-desktop-4-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnome-desktop-4-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-desktop-4-1

Remove libgnome-desktop-4-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnome-desktop-4-1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-desktop-4-1

Remove libgnome-desktop-4-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnome-desktop-4-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-desktop-4-1

Dependencies

libgnome-desktop-4-1 have the following dependencies:

References

libgnome-desktop-4-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-4-1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.