How To Install kanyremote on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanyremote
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kanyremote
kanyremote is:
kAnyRemote package is KDE GUI frontend for anyRemote. (http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/). The overall goal of this project is to provide remote control service on Linux through Bluetooth, InfraRed, Wi-Fi or TCP/IP connection.
There are three methods to install kanyremote
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 kanyremote Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kanyremote
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kanyremote
Install kanyremote Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kanyremote
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kanyremote
Install kanyremote 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 kanyremote
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kanyremote
How To Uninstall kanyremote on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kanyremote
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kanyremote
Uninstall kanyremote And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kanyremote
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kanyremote
Remove kanyremote Configurations and Data
To remove kanyremote
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kanyremote
Remove kanyremote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kanyremote
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kanyremote
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanyremote
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.