How To Install systempreferences.app 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 systempreferences.app on Ubuntu.

What is `systempreferences.app`

systempreferences.app is:

System Preferences is an application which allows one to manage the settings of many aspects of the GNUstep environment and its applications. The System Preferences application is made of Modules, each one a bundle representing a single control panel, and is thus extensible and modular.

There are three methods to install systempreferences.app 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 systempreferences.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install systempreferences.app

Install systempreferences.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install systempreferences.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install systempreferences.app

Install systempreferences.app 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 systempreferences.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systempreferences.app

How To Uninstall systempreferences.app on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the systempreferences.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systempreferences.app

Uninstall systempreferences.app And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systempreferences.app

Remove systempreferences.app Configurations and Data

To remove systempreferences.app configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systempreferences.app

Remove systempreferences.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systempreferences.app

Dependencies

systempreferences.app have the following dependencies:

References

systempreferences.app website

Summary

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