How To Install libplymouth5 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 libplymouth5 on Ubuntu.
What is libplymouth5
libplymouth5 is:
Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libplymouth5 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 libplymouth5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplymouth5
Install libplymouth5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplymouth5
Install libplymouth5 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 libplymouth5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplymouth5
How To Uninstall libplymouth5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libplymouth5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplymouth5
Uninstall libplymouth5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplymouth5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplymouth5
Remove libplymouth5 Configurations and Data
To remove libplymouth5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplymouth5
Remove libplymouth5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplymouth5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplymouth5
Dependencies
libplymouth5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.