Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-bin
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-session-bin
gnome-session-bin is:
The GNOME Session Manager is in charge of starting the core components
of the GNOME desktop, and applications that should be launched at
login time. It also features a way to save and restore currently
running applications.
This package contains the binaries for the GNOME Session Manager, but
no startup scripts. It is meant for those willing to start
gnome-session by hand with the components of their choice, and for
applications such as GDM that use gnome-session internally.
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-session-bin
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-session-bin 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-session-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-session-bin
Install gnome-session-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-session-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-session-bin
Install gnome-session-bin 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-session-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-session-bin
How To Uninstall gnome-session-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-session-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-session-bin
Uninstall gnome-session-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-session-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-session-bin
Remove gnome-session-bin Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-session-bin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-session-bin
Remove gnome-session-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-session-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-session-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-bin
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.