How To Install wl-clipboard on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 350 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wl-clipboard on Ubuntu.
What is wl-clipboard
wl-clipboard is:
wl-clipboard implements two little Wayland clipboard utilities, wl-copy and wl-paste, that let you easily copy data between the clipboard and Unix pipes, sockets or files.
There are three methods to install wl-clipboard 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 wl-clipboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wl-clipboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wl-clipboard
Install wl-clipboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wl-clipboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wl-clipboard
Install wl-clipboard 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 wl-clipboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wl-clipboard
How To Uninstall wl-clipboard on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wl-clipboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wl-clipboard
Uninstall wl-clipboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wl-clipboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wl-clipboard
Remove wl-clipboard Configurations and Data
To remove wl-clipboard configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wl-clipboard
Remove wl-clipboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wl-clipboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wl-clipboard
Dependencies
wl-clipboard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wl-clipboard package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.