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How to install Dconf-Editor on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Dconf-Editor on Ubuntu 18.04
Dconf-Editor is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to Gsettings on platforms that don' t already have configuration storage systems. It is part of GNOME 3 and is a replacement for GConf. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Dconf-Editor on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Update the system repository using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Dconf-Editor package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install dconf-editor -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dconf-editor
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 390 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,100 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 dconf-editor amd64 3.28.0-1 [390 kB]
Fetched 390 kB in 7s (56.5 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package dconf-editor.
(Reading database ... 174570 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dconf-editor_3.28.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dconf-editor (3.28.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.56.1-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up dconf-editor (3.28.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Dconf-Editor from the Menu as shown here

Dconf-Editor application

With this, the method to install Dconf-Editor on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Text Editor Ubuntu
Comment
heathmitchell
Jul 21 2020
Don't forget `sudo apt-add-repository universe`
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FAQ
Q
How to update the system repositories?
A
Execute the following command:
# apt-get update
Q
How to Install the Dconf-Editor package?
A
Run the following command:
# apt-get install dconf-editor
Q
What is Dconf-Editor?
A
Dconf-Editor is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to Gsettings on platforms that don' t already have configuration storage systems. It is part of GNOME 3 and is a replacement for GConf.
Q
What are the differences between gconf and dconf?
A
gconf typically uses an XML backend, while dconf uses its own binary blob
Q
When to use gconf vs dconf?
A
dconf is a new way for applications to store settings, and it is intended to replace gconf