Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-contacts
gnome-contacts is:
GNOME Contacts is a standalone application to view and manage contacts
provided by all available contacts sources (Evolution, Empathy, etc).
There are three methods to install gnome-contacts
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-contacts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-contacts
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-contacts
Install gnome-contacts Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-contacts
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-contacts
Install gnome-contacts 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 gnome-contacts
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-contacts
How To Uninstall gnome-contacts on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-contacts
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-contacts
Uninstall gnome-contacts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-contacts
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-contacts
Remove gnome-contacts Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-contacts
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-contacts
Remove gnome-contacts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-contacts
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-contacts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.