How To Install kubuntu-debug-installer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kubuntu-debug-installer on Ubuntu 18.04. kubuntu-debug-installer is Debug package installer for Kubuntu

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kubuntu-debug-installer on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kubuntu-debug-installer

kubuntu-debug-installer is:

This installer permits drkonqi, KDE’s automatic backtrace and bug report utility, to try find and install missing debug symbols, so that backtraces become more useful.

There are three methods to install kubuntu-debug-installer 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 kubuntu-debug-installer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kubuntu-debug-installer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kubuntu-debug-installer

Install kubuntu-debug-installer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kubuntu-debug-installer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kubuntu-debug-installer

Install kubuntu-debug-installer 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 kubuntu-debug-installer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kubuntu-debug-installer

How To Uninstall kubuntu-debug-installer on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kubuntu-debug-installer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-debug-installer

Uninstall kubuntu-debug-installer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kubuntu-debug-installer

Remove kubuntu-debug-installer Configurations and Data

To remove kubuntu-debug-installer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kubuntu-debug-installer

Remove kubuntu-debug-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kubuntu-debug-installer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kubuntu-debug-installer

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Summary

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