How To Install libunity9 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 libunity9 on Ubuntu.

What is `libunity9`

libunity9 is:

libunity is a shared library to be able to interact with the launcher and add places in Unity environment.

This package contains shared libraries to be used by applications.

There are three methods to install libunity9 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 libunity9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunity9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunity9

Install libunity9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunity9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunity9

Install libunity9 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 libunity9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunity9

How To Uninstall libunity9 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libunity9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunity9

Uninstall libunity9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunity9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunity9

Remove libunity9 Configurations and Data

To remove libunity9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunity9

Remove libunity9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunity9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunity9

Dependencies

libunity9 have the following dependencies:

References

libunity9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunity9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.