How To Install plasma-widget-folderview on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widget-folderview on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plasma-widget-folderview
plasma-widget-folderview is:
This package contains the Folder View Plasma widget which is capable of displaying and managing contents of any KDE supported location. It can be used as a replacement for the traditional “desktop” folder concept in the main Plasma shell, but it is a lot more flexible. Folder View is part of the initial default KDE 4 desktop configuration.
This package is part of the KDE base applications module.
There are three methods to install plasma-widget-folderview 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-widget-folderview 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-widget-folderview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-widget-folderview
Install plasma-widget-folderview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-widget-folderview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-widget-folderview
Install plasma-widget-folderview 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-widget-folderview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-widget-folderview
How To Uninstall plasma-widget-folderview on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plasma-widget-folderview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-widget-folderview
Uninstall plasma-widget-folderview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-widget-folderview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-widget-folderview
Remove plasma-widget-folderview Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-widget-folderview configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-widget-folderview
Remove plasma-widget-folderview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-widget-folderview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-widget-folderview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widget-folderview package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
