How To Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
plasma-discover-flatpak-backend is:
This transitional package allows one to migrate to the renamed package providing the Plasma Discover Flatpak backend.
It can be safely removed after the installation.
Package: plasma-discover-flatpak-backend Architecture: all Version: 5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Source: plasma-discover 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: 23 Depends: plasma-discover-backend-flatpak Filename: pool/universe/p/plasma-discover/plasma-discover-flatpak-backend_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2748 MD5sum: b3ba6de8a6a9b0192c1b3c2fe45bc6c5 SHA1: a4f29bf5c6628b74cdf12212cdc47be3686b395a SHA256: 97040096b74f80ea7d5ccdd399965c493e8a8af6e3e76dab9f6006d2999dd6ad Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/discover Description-en: Discover Flatpak backend - transitional package This transitional package allows one to migrate to the renamed package providing the Plasma Discover Flatpak backend.
It can be safely removed after the installation.
There are three methods to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
How To Uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the plasma-discover-flatpak-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
