How To Install unity-tweak-tool 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 unity-tweak-tool on Ubuntu.
What is unity-tweak-tool
unity-tweak-tool is:
Unity Tweak Tool is a settings manager for the Unity desktop. It provides users with a fast, simple and easy-to-use interface with which to access many useful and little known features and settings of the desktop environment that one may want to configure.
There are three methods to install unity-tweak-tool 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 unity-tweak-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-tweak-tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-tweak-tool
Install unity-tweak-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-tweak-tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-tweak-tool
Install unity-tweak-tool 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 unity-tweak-tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-tweak-tool
How To Uninstall unity-tweak-tool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the unity-tweak-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-tweak-tool
Uninstall unity-tweak-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-tweak-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-tweak-tool
Remove unity-tweak-tool Configurations and Data
To remove unity-tweak-tool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-tweak-tool
Remove unity-tweak-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-tweak-tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-tweak-tool
Dependencies
unity-tweak-tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-tweak-tool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.