Install Ubuntu Tweak on Ubuntu 16.04 via GetDeb Repo
The popular Ubuntu Tweak project was officially dead in early May, 2016. ubuntu-tweak.com redirects to the author’s another website. If you still are attached to this tool, here’s how to install Ubuntu Tweak on Ubuntu 16.04 via the third-party GetDeb repository.
Install Ubuntu Tweak on Ubuntu 16.04 via GetDeb Repo
First, open up a terminal and edit sources.list file.
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Then at the end of this file, append the following line which will enable GetDeb repository.
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps
Save and close this file. Run the following command to import GetDeb GPG key to your Ubuntu 16.04 system.
wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Now update local package index and install Ubuntu-tweak.
sudo apt update sudo apt install ubuntu-tweak
Launch Ubuntu tweak from Unity Dash or by issuing this command in terminal:
ubuntu-tweak
To remove it, use this command
sudo apt remove ubuntu-tweak
To remove GetDeb repository, simply add a comment sign (#) before the APT line in sources.list file.
#deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps
Then update local package index.
sudo apt update
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