How To Install plasma-browser-integration on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-browser-integration on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is plasma-browser-integration
plasma-browser-integration is:
Plasma Browser Integration is an extension for common browsers to closer fit into the Plasma shell. This includes: - Media Controls Lets you control video and audio players in websites using the Media Controller plasmoid, media keys on your keyboard, and even remotely from your phone. - Send links via KDE Connect Adds a context menu entry to links enabling you to send them to your phone and other paired devices. - Show downloads in and control them from Plasma’s notification area. - Find browser tabs in the Run Command (Alt-Space) window Make sure the “Browser Tabs” module is enabled in Plasma Search (KRunner) settings. Task: kubuntu-desktop
Package: plasma-browser-integration Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 628 Depends: kio, libc6 (>= 2.14), libkf5activities5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5configcore5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 4.99.0), libkf5crash5 (>= 5.15.0), libkf5dbusaddons5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5filemetadata3 (>= 5.19.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5kiocore5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiowidgets5 (>= 5.24.0), libkf5notifications5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5purpose-bin, libkf5purpose5 (>= 1.1), libkf5runner5 (>= 5.24.0), libkf5service-bin, libkf5service5 (>= 4.96.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.9.0~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.9.0~), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) Filename: pool/universe/p/plasma-browser-integration/plasma-browser-integration_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 112020 MD5sum: 98f5d81445e81fcaacc16ef8b40f3539 SHA1: 111169e32859675b3e8915fc056707a284091b89 SHA256: dcfb63a66faeab437d66c18c8d81d4b849384ebb9023cc68be8290e57e418ddd Homepage: https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop.php Description-en: Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox integration for Plasma Plasma Browser Integration is an extension for common browsers to closer fit into the Plasma shell. This includes: - Media Controls Lets you control video and audio players in websites using the Media Controller plasmoid, media keys on your keyboard, and even remotely from your phone. - Send links via KDE Connect Adds a context menu entry to links enabling you to send them to your phone and other paired devices. - Show downloads in and control them from Plasma’s notification area. - Find browser tabs in the Run Command (Alt-Space) window Make sure the “Browser Tabs” module is enabled in Plasma Search (KRunner) settings. Task: kubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install plasma-browser-integration 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 plasma-browser-integration Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-browser-integration using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-browser-integration
Install plasma-browser-integration Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-browser-integration using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-browser-integration
Install plasma-browser-integration 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 plasma-browser-integration using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-browser-integration
How To Uninstall plasma-browser-integration on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the plasma-browser-integration package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-browser-integration
Uninstall plasma-browser-integration And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-browser-integration and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-browser-integration
Remove plasma-browser-integration Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-browser-integration configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-browser-integration
Remove plasma-browser-integration configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-browser-integration configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-browser-integration
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-browser-integration package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
