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

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "gconf-service" package

Learn how to install gconf-service on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gconf-service

2. Uninstall "gconf-service" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gconf-service on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

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

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

Package: gconf-service
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 364
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team
Original-Maintainer: Josselin Mouette
Architecture: amd64
Source: gconf
Version: 3.2.6-3ubuntu6
Depends: gconf-service-backend (= 3.2.6-3ubuntu6)
Filename: pool/main/g/gconf/gconf-service_3.2.6-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 2046
MD5sum: 4cc4c460096074ec550ffb63210702af
SHA1: 4338636860851cfa991ea8005547ac9a2faedd7a
SHA256: dde5f06d63e7774d54c55d9f890015bc1d2248c0afa500147ac208c56c609497
Description-en: GNOME configuration database system (D-Bus service)
GConf is a configuration database system for storing application
preferences. It supports default or mandatory settings set by the
administrator, and changes to the database are instantly applied to all
running applications. It is written for the GNOME desktop but doesn't
require it.
.
This package provides the D-Bus enabled daemon that is used internally
by the GConf library to access configuration data.
Description-md5: 14dd873ae96b0afab2fa365fb38aa07d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop