How To Install kde-baseapps-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-baseapps-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. kde-baseapps-bin is core binaries for the KDE base applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-baseapps-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kde-baseapps-bin

kde-baseapps-bin is:

This package contains miscellaneous programs needed by other KDE applications, particularly those in the KDE base module.

This package is part of the KDE base applications module.

There are three methods to install kde-baseapps-bin 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 kde-baseapps-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-baseapps-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-baseapps-bin

Install kde-baseapps-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-baseapps-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-baseapps-bin

Install kde-baseapps-bin 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 kde-baseapps-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-baseapps-bin

How To Uninstall kde-baseapps-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kde-baseapps-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-baseapps-bin

Uninstall kde-baseapps-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-baseapps-bin

Remove kde-baseapps-bin Configurations and Data

To remove kde-baseapps-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-baseapps-bin

Remove kde-baseapps-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-baseapps-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-baseapps-bin

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Summary

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