How To Install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu.

What is `software-properties-gtk`

software-properties-gtk is:

This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

This package contains a GTK+ based graphical interface.

There are three methods to install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-gtk

Install software-properties-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install software-properties-gtk

Install software-properties-gtk 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 software-properties-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install software-properties-gtk

How To Uninstall software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the software-properties-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove software-properties-gtk

Uninstall software-properties-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove software-properties-gtk

Remove software-properties-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove software-properties-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge software-properties-gtk

Remove software-properties-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove software-properties-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge software-properties-gtk

Dependencies

software-properties-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

software-properties-gtk website

Summary

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