How To Install kdemultimedia-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdemultimedia-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. kdemultimedia-dev is transitional package for KDE multimedia development packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdemultimedia-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kdemultimedia-dev

kdemultimedia-dev is:

This transitional package allows one to migrate to kio-audiocd-dev, libkf5cddb-dev, and libkf5compactdisc-dev.

It can be safely removed after the installation.

There are three methods to install kdemultimedia-dev 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 kdemultimedia-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdemultimedia-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdemultimedia-dev

Install kdemultimedia-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdemultimedia-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdemultimedia-dev

Install kdemultimedia-dev 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 kdemultimedia-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdemultimedia-dev

How To Uninstall kdemultimedia-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kdemultimedia-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdemultimedia-dev

Uninstall kdemultimedia-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdemultimedia-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdemultimedia-dev

Remove kdemultimedia-dev Configurations and Data

To remove kdemultimedia-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdemultimedia-dev

Remove kdemultimedia-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdemultimedia-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdemultimedia-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdemultimedia-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.