{"id":9366,"date":"2019-09-23T16:16:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9366"},"modified":"2019-09-23T16:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:16:57","slug":"fast-app-launcher-ulauncher-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/fast-app-launcher-ulauncher-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Fast App Launcher &#8216;Ulauncher&#8217; in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ulauncher is a <i>super fast<\/i> Linux application launcher written in Python with GTK+. By pressing a keyboard shortcut and then typing a name in search box, you can quickly launch an application or access a file \/ file directory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ulauncher.io\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ulauncher<\/a> app launcher features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fuzzy search<\/b>, type in app name without worrying about spelling. <\/li>\n<li>4 built-in themes, and custom color themes support.<\/li>\n<li>customizable shortcuts, and wide range of plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Fast directory browser, type <code>~<\/code> or <code>\/<\/code> to start<\/li>\n<li>Search Google, Wikiepdia, and Stack Overflow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-appl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-appl-600x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-appl-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-appl-450x324.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-appl.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Ulauncher in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~agornostal\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ulauncher\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a> contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 19.04 so far.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agornostal\/ulauncher<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-ppa-600x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"122\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-ppa-600x122.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-ppa-450x92.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-ppa.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Then check updates and install the app launcher via 2 commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install ulauncher<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, open Ulauncher from application menu. You&#8217;ll see the app applet in system tray area. Click and open its Preferences dialog and set up theme, shortcut, auto-run, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-preferences-600x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-preferences-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-preferences-450x247.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-preferences-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ulauncher-preferences.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall Ulauncher:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, either open &#8216;Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software&#8217; tab, or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agornostal\/ulauncher<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the app launcher, simply run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove ulauncher<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulauncher is a super fast Linux application launcher written in Python with GTK+. By pressing a keyboard shortcut and then typing a name in search box, you can quickly launch an application or access a file \/ file directory. Ulauncher app launcher features: Fuzzy search, type in app name without worrying about spelling. 4 built-in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,9],"tags":[1799,1798],"class_list":["post-9366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-review","category-howtos","tag-fast-application-launcher","tag-ulauncher"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}