How To Install ukui-screensaver 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 ukui-screensaver on Ubuntu.

What is `ukui-screensaver`

ukui-screensaver is:

A simple and lightweight screensaver written by Qt5. The screensaver supports biometric auhentication which is provided by biometric-auth service.

There are three methods to install ukui-screensaver 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 ukui-screensaver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ukui-screensaver

Install ukui-screensaver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ukui-screensaver

Install ukui-screensaver 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 ukui-screensaver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ukui-screensaver

How To Uninstall ukui-screensaver on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ukui-screensaver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ukui-screensaver

Uninstall ukui-screensaver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-screensaver

Remove ukui-screensaver Configurations and Data

To remove ukui-screensaver configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-screensaver

Remove ukui-screensaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukui-screensaver

Dependencies

ukui-screensaver have the following dependencies:

References

ukui-screensaver website

Summary

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