How to Install and Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
Architecture: all
Version: 20.04.0+git20200908-5~ubuntu20.10.0
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 216
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, gnome-shell (>= 3.37), gjs, nautilus (>= 3.30.4), xdg-desktop-portal
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons_20.04.0+git20200908-5~ubuntu20.10.0_all.deb
Size: 27008
MD5sum: 8a18873b17576e873635fbaf5cb0431c
SHA1: 0181e2854120e375da95f4f9008a52882c2cab9f
SHA256: 663efdcf7577486ebce00cd4c841d323326a452a490fb3c33676fad390242383
SHA512: 2c1eb76ce022a3b2c5b1b58bd78bb3c9b3afcfc493b8ae3c362e2ca7d28fc35b01b2351417095f8eb3831e3170bd3257ef0239fb43d9ef93779b820b6464f1e9
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons
Description-en: desktop icon support for GNOME Shell
This package provides a GNOME Shell extension for showing the contents
of ~/Desktop on the desktop of the Shell. Common file management
operations such as launching, copy/paste, rename and deleting are
supported.
Description-md5: de2d1265844a1946ab72c3b5b2921613
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
Architecture: all
Version: 20.04.0+git20200908-1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 216
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, gnome-shell (>= 3.37), gjs, nautilus (>= 3.30.4), xdg-desktop-portal
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons_20.04.0+git20200908-1_all.deb
Size: 27368
MD5sum: 126d39995ab0dd4558f5583fdbe0942c
SHA1: d109853828aa97dca2f11ce300d7c766d379dff4
SHA256: 458315cb9762c2fd6b9f351714853f1e8bef8feddec87c24cdd72d340f610585
SHA512: f3b887802a73b0205a01542dabc9bebde4f217be5a91438ad618562815acf96bd145355b49dc423b6602c2219be4bfd1e80f5055429e3430ff52a418689db8fb
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons
Description-en: desktop icon support for GNOME Shell
This package provides a GNOME Shell extension for showing the contents
of ~/Desktop on the desktop of the Shell. Common file management
operations such as launching, copy/paste, rename and deleting are
supported.
Description-md5: de2d1265844a1946ab72c3b5b2921613
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop