Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is blueman
blueman is:
Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus
backend.
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Package: blueman
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Christopher Schramm [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3003
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any, dbus, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, bluez (>= 5), bluez-obexd, python3-gi (>= 3.27.2), notification-daemon, librsvg2-common, gnome-icon-theme | mate-icon-theme | elementary-xfce-icon-theme | adwaita-icon-theme | papirus-icon-theme, libpulse-mainloop-glib0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, python3-cairo, python3-gi-cairo, gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1, gir1.2-nm-1.0
Recommends: policykit-1, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Filename: pool/universe/b/blueman/blueman_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 654484
MD5sum: 99450e934eb06f010b77b740e8992a92
SHA1: d5b24dc829a99dafa487d9118886595943eb8b2a
SHA256: 308a4a9cb8886ffb80af7131e1ac240af352fc08b1a96977136feca2c0cb7838
Homepage: https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman
Description-en: Graphical bluetooth manager
Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus
backend.
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install blueman 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 blueman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blueman
Install blueman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blueman
Install blueman 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 blueman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blueman
How To Uninstall blueman on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the blueman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blueman
Uninstall blueman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blueman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blueman
Remove blueman Configurations and Data
To remove blueman configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blueman
Remove blueman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blueman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blueman
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
