How To Install xfce4-settings 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 xfce4-settings on Ubuntu.

What is `xfce4-settings`

xfce4-settings is:

xfce4-settings is the Xfce settings manager front-end. It comes with several different components for configuring application-independent settings inside xfconf. It contains multiple tools:

xfce4-settings-manager (which replaces the old mcs settings manager), which executes the various (provided) settings dialogs
xfce4-settings-editor, a tool for editing ALL settings within xfconf, the graphical counterpart of xfconf-query.
xfsettingsd, a daemon for exporting XSettings to applications, and providing special features like keyboard shortcuts, AccessX notification and update of keyboard and mouse-pointer data.

There are three methods to install xfce4-settings 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 xfce4-settings Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-settings using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-settings

Install xfce4-settings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-settings using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfce4-settings

Install xfce4-settings 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 xfce4-settings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-settings

How To Uninstall xfce4-settings on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xfce4-settings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-settings

Uninstall xfce4-settings And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfce4-settings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-settings

Remove xfce4-settings Configurations and Data

To remove xfce4-settings configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-settings

Remove xfce4-settings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfce4-settings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-settings

Dependencies

xfce4-settings have the following dependencies:

References

xfce4-settings website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-settings package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.