How To Install kde-cli-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-cli-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: kubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install kde-cli-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.