How To Install baloo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is baloo
baloo is:
A framework for searching and managing metadata in KDE Software.
Baloo is part of the KDE Plasma desktop.
This package can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install baloo
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install baloo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baloo
Install baloo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baloo
Install baloo Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baloo
How To Uninstall baloo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the baloo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baloo
Uninstall baloo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baloo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baloo
Remove baloo Configurations and Data
To remove baloo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baloo
Remove baloo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baloo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baloo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.