How To Install kde-cli-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-cli-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kde-cli-tools
kde-cli-tools is:
These command line tools enable you to use KDE services such as kioslaves, kdesu, QtSVG, kcontrol modules, KDE trader and start applications from the command line.
This package is part of the KDE Plasma.
There are three methods to install kde-cli-tools 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-cli-tools 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-cli-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-cli-tools
Install kde-cli-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-cli-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-cli-tools
Install kde-cli-tools 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-cli-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-cli-tools
How To Uninstall kde-cli-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kde-cli-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-cli-tools
Uninstall kde-cli-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-cli-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-cli-tools
Remove kde-cli-tools Configurations and Data
To remove kde-cli-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-cli-tools
Remove kde-cli-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-cli-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-cli-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-cli-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
