How To Install kde-baseapps-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-baseapps-data on Ubuntu 18.04. kde-baseapps-data is shared data files for the KDE base applications

Introduction

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

What is kde-baseapps-data

kde-baseapps-data is:

This package contains the architecture-independent shared data files needed for a basic KDE 4 desktop installation.

This package is part of the KDE 4 base applications module.

There are three methods to install kde-baseapps-data 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-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install kde-baseapps-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kde-baseapps-data

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

sudo aptitude -y install kde-baseapps-data

How To Uninstall kde-baseapps-data on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove kde-baseapps-data

Uninstall kde-baseapps-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde-baseapps-data 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-data

Remove kde-baseapps-data Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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