How To Install plasma-vault on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-vault on Ubuntu 18.04. plasma-vault is Plasma applet and services for creating encrypted vaults

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-vault on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is plasma-vault

plasma-vault is:

File enryption widget.

There are three methods to install plasma-vault 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 plasma-vault 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-vault using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-vault

Install plasma-vault Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plasma-vault

Install plasma-vault 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-vault using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-vault

How To Uninstall plasma-vault on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the plasma-vault package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-vault

Uninstall plasma-vault And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-vault

Remove plasma-vault Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-vault

Remove plasma-vault configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-vault

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Summary

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