How to install App Grid in Ubuntu
To install App Grid in Ubuntu
App Grid is a lightweight software center. The intuitive graphical user interface offers a grid view of the install-able applications like screenshots and ratings. Installation of App Grid in Ubuntu is explained in this manual.
Installation of App Grid
First add the repositories with the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable
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More info: https://launchpad.net/~appgrid/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpf870lbav/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpf870lbav/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 3B765FAE from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpf870lbav/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 3B765FAE: public key " Launchpad PPA for appgrid" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Then update the added repositories with the update command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/appgrid/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:2 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04 InRelease
Hit:3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04 Release
Get:4 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04 Release.gpg [481 B]
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Fetched 481 B in 6s (79 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Finally run the below command to install the App Grid.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install appgrid -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
appgrid
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 79.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 425 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/appgrid/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 appgrid all 0.278 [79.5 kB]
Fetched 79.5 kB in 7s (10.6 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package appgrid.
(Reading database ... 208381 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/appgrid_0.278_all.deb ...
Unpacking appgrid (0.278) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up appgrid (0.278) ...
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/appgrid.service to /lib/systemd/system/appgrid.service.
OK
Now its time to open the installed software in Unity dash. Type appgrid in the search bar and then click on the App Grid icon.
Here you can be able to start work on the App Grid software.
To remove App Grid
Run the below command to uninstall the App Grid.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove appgrid -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
appgrid
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
After this operation, 425 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 208448 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing appgrid (0.278) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
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