How To Install plasma-discover-snap-backend on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-snap-backend on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is plasma-discover-snap-backend
plasma-discover-snap-backend is:
This transitional package allows one to migrate to the renamed package providing the Plasma Discover Snap backend.
It can be safely removed after the installation. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Package: plasma-discover-snap-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-snap Filename: pool/universe/p/plasma-discover/plasma-discover-snap-backend_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2752 MD5sum: 2bc61044cd7b8d33713970d6a9c39412 SHA1: 2b22b2612d4aee1e49c0370b167643be6463a18f SHA256: 0663c7457154b503b537a1659bc62163f5c724cde2d1d467b9401e25f1818eef 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 Snap backend.
It can be safely removed after the installation. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
There are three methods to install plasma-discover-snap-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-snap-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-snap-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-discover-snap-backend
Install plasma-discover-snap-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-discover-snap-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-discover-snap-backend
Install plasma-discover-snap-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-snap-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-discover-snap-backend
How To Uninstall plasma-discover-snap-backend on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the plasma-discover-snap-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-discover-snap-backend
Uninstall plasma-discover-snap-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-discover-snap-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-snap-backend
Remove plasma-discover-snap-backend Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-discover-snap-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-discover-snap-backend
Remove plasma-discover-snap-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-discover-snap-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-discover-snap-backend
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-snap-backend package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
