Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6-plugins-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgvc6-plugins-gtk
libgvc6-plugins-gtk is:
Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz
package for a full description.
This package contains the gtk and gdk-pixbuf plugins.
There are three methods to install libgvc6-plugins-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgvc6-plugins-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6-plugins-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgvc6-plugins-gtk
Install libgvc6-plugins-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6-plugins-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgvc6-plugins-gtk
Install libgvc6-plugins-gtk 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 libgvc6-plugins-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgvc6-plugins-gtk
How To Uninstall libgvc6-plugins-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgvc6-plugins-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgvc6-plugins-gtk
Uninstall libgvc6-plugins-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgvc6-plugins-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgvc6-plugins-gtk
Remove libgvc6-plugins-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove libgvc6-plugins-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgvc6-plugins-gtk
Remove libgvc6-plugins-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgvc6-plugins-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgvc6-plugins-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6-plugins-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
