How to Install and Uninstall gnome-packagekit-session Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gnome-packagekit-session" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gnome-packagekit-session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-packagekit-session" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gnome-packagekit-session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-packagekit-session package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnome-packagekit-session
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 348
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Source: gnome-packagekit
Version: 3.14.2-0ubuntu2
Replaces: gnome-packagekit (<< 3.6.0-2)
Depends: gnome-packagekit-data (>= 3.14.2-0ubuntu2), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.4), python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat (>= 1.1) | packagekit (>= 0.8.6), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.15.2), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpackagekit-glib2-16 (>= 0.8.10), libx11-6
Suggests: gnome-packagekit
Breaks: gnome-packagekit (<< 3.6.0-2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-packagekit/gnome-packagekit-session_3.14.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 80294
MD5sum: be83983e335685f54538f4b42b992c45
SHA1: dc14c27562aaa4db54934c9443b71134cb12e662
SHA256: 1c81cd5436d9873a6d6b77579e5cfea9b4e8be683a11485c2ff2e8fc7e0e7310
Description-en: Provides PackageKit session API for GNOME
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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This package contains a GTK+ GUI for PackageKit transactions, a simple
repository editor and PackageKit configuration tool and a viewer for
package installation history.
It implements the PackageKit session API for GNOME, which allows applications
to easily install additional software (e.g. extensions), uninstall files and
perform simple software package status queries.
Description-md5: 400f4c3c187350528881bfbc56c64fb6
Homepage: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-packagekit/stable/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu