Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install activity-log-manager on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is activity-log-manager
activity-log-manager is:
Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user’s activities and events (files
opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, etc.) and
makes the relevant information available to other applications.
It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to
determine relationships between items based on usage patterns.
This package contains Activity Log Manager, a graphical user interface which
lets you control what gets logged by Zeitgeist. It supports setting up
blacklists according to several criteria (such as application or file types),
temporarily stopping all logging as well as deleting recent events.
There are three methods to install activity-log-manager on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install activity-log-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install activity-log-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install activity-log-manager
Install activity-log-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install activity-log-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install activity-log-manager
Install activity-log-manager 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 activity-log-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install activity-log-manager
How To Uninstall activity-log-manager on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the activity-log-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove activity-log-manager
Uninstall activity-log-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall activity-log-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove activity-log-manager
Remove activity-log-manager Configurations and Data
To remove activity-log-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge activity-log-manager
Remove activity-log-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove activity-log-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge activity-log-manager
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install activity-log-manager package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
