How To Install kde-config-touchpad on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-touchpad on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kde-config-touchpad
kde-config-touchpad is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: kde-config-touchpad Architecture: all Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Source: plasma-desktop Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 62 Depends: plasma-desktop Filename: pool/universe/p/plasma-desktop/kde-config-touchpad_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 10008 MD5sum: b0dc4b3f59d3de912841da23705ab31d SHA1: 027fe9c3e264436f0271b54d4f67b82d1e8ae87d SHA256: 6178aca60c032892651d7e48ad227b4476d4c84aced9b69329c1c82fb9eb83df Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/plasma-desktop Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install kde-config-touchpad on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kde-config-touchpad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-touchpad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-config-touchpad
Install kde-config-touchpad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-touchpad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-config-touchpad
Install kde-config-touchpad 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 kde-config-touchpad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-touchpad
How To Uninstall kde-config-touchpad on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kde-config-touchpad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-config-touchpad
Uninstall kde-config-touchpad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-config-touchpad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-config-touchpad
Remove kde-config-touchpad Configurations and Data
To remove kde-config-touchpad configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-config-touchpad
Remove kde-config-touchpad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-config-touchpad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-config-touchpad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-touchpad package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
