How To Install qshutdown 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 qshutdown on Ubuntu.
What is qshutdown
qshutdown is:
qshutdown is a Qt program to shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate the computer at a given time or after a certain number of minutes. It shows the time until the corresponding request is send to either the Gnome- or KDE-session-manager, to HAL or to DeviceKit and if none of these works the command ‘sudo shutdown -P now’ is used. This program may be useful for people who want to work with the computer only for a certain time.
There are three methods to install qshutdown 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 qshutdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qshutdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qshutdown
Install qshutdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qshutdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qshutdown
Install qshutdown 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 qshutdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qshutdown
How To Uninstall qshutdown on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qshutdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qshutdown
Uninstall qshutdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qshutdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qshutdown
Remove qshutdown Configurations and Data
To remove qshutdown configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qshutdown
Remove qshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qshutdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qshutdown
Dependencies
qshutdown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qshutdown package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.