How to Install and Uninstall gconf-editor Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "gconf-editor" package

This guide let you learn how to install gconf-editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gconf-editor

2. Uninstall "gconf-editor" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gconf-editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove gconf-editor $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gconf-editor package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gconf-editor
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 3420
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josselin Mouette
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.1-2ubuntu1
Depends: gconf-defaults-service (>= 2.28), policykit-1-gnome, gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2), gconf-service, libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgconf-2-4 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gconf-editor/gconf-editor_3.0.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 954900
MD5sum: 067050c9507450b2b36a98a2a0511fb0
SHA1: e14f798a28daf96441ac7e7808d7aee4d561f779
SHA256: 4c228ccd280574cab3f833074ada157c643b6af8cbd34c7cc62c0e67cdc6ba1f
Description-en: editor for the GConf configuration system
GConf-Editor is a tool used for editing the GConf configuration database.
This is not the recommended way of setting desktop preferences, but it might
be useful when the proper configuration utility for some software provides no
way of changing some option.
Description-md5: 786c7f9b1f3d21cb03e3387a3f5b3166
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu