How to Install and Uninstall idesk Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "idesk" package

This tutorial shows how to install idesk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idesk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "idesk" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall idesk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                idesk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idesk package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: idesk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.5-6build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 282
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libimlib2 (>= 1.4.5), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
Suggests: x11-utils
Filename: pool/universe/i/idesk/idesk_0.7.5-6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 92612
MD5sum: cbe452a0b1ebbedcbff699f46295a082
SHA1: ebf3147baf3becc52b8d79b9626b3f51f82da313
SHA256: 3c3d9aba8ec4e1f3229d9f2fcec15223e8af55c139f6f592e985765c1dda6599
SHA512: 37f260d6c61be876c2e149f95715c0bb306c8ffd079a22ecdeeb0d9c97e1d4d80ad9286d5b7b3880f7d54bc1aa3e81f5154a3aa9ac60826a51419a7cf062b08f
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/idesk/
Description-en: program to show icons on the desktop
Idesk displays icons with a short description on the desktop and gives
shortcuts to launch any X app.
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The icons can be resized, use tooltip and has transparency with other
nice image effects. It can use many images types formats how PNG, JPG,
GIF, XPM, etc. Idesk also allows the binding of different actions to
every mouse button.
Description-md5: 83a0b8afe86a69e05e8521e50b6d585b