Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-tests on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgdata-tests
libgdata-tests is:
libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using
the GData protocol — most notably, Google’s services. It provides APIs
to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.
This package includes tests to be used on the installed system.
There are three methods to install libgdata-tests 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 libgdata-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdata-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdata-tests
Install libgdata-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdata-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdata-tests
Install libgdata-tests 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 libgdata-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdata-tests
How To Uninstall libgdata-tests on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgdata-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdata-tests
Uninstall libgdata-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdata-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdata-tests
Remove libgdata-tests Configurations and Data
To remove libgdata-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdata-tests
Remove libgdata-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdata-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdata-tests
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-tests package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
