How To Install kde-telepathy-auth-handler on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-auth-handler on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kde-telepathy-auth-handler
kde-telepathy-auth-handler is:
This package provides a Telepathy handler for the ServerAuthentication and ServerTLSConnection Telepathy channel types, which means that it provides passwords to connection managers (and stores them using KWallet) and also handles SSL certificate errors in encrypted IM connections.
This package is not meant to be used standalone. It is recommended to install the kde-telepathy metapackage instead.
There are three methods to install kde-telepathy-auth-handler 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-telepathy-auth-handler 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-telepathy-auth-handler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-auth-handler
Install kde-telepathy-auth-handler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-auth-handler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-auth-handler
Install kde-telepathy-auth-handler 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-telepathy-auth-handler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-auth-handler
How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-auth-handler on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kde-telepathy-auth-handler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-auth-handler
Uninstall kde-telepathy-auth-handler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-telepathy-auth-handler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-auth-handler
Remove kde-telepathy-auth-handler Configurations and Data
To remove kde-telepathy-auth-handler configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-auth-handler
Remove kde-telepathy-auth-handler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-telepathy-auth-handler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-auth-handler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-auth-handler package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
