How To Install kde-telepathy-minimal on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-minimal on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kde-telepathy-minimal
kde-telepathy-minimal is:
KDE Telepathy aims to integrate real-time communication and collaboration features into the KDE Plasma Workspaces. It provides means to connect to several instant messaging networks, chat with your friends and collaborate with them.
KDE Telepathy consists of several independent components that need to be used together to provide all the available features. This package is a metapackage that installs the most basic components, for the most simple use case. For installing all the components, use the kde-telepathy metapackage.
Apart from the dependencies that this metapackage pulls, you will also need to install at least one of the telepathy-gabble, telepathy-salut, telepathy-haze packages to be able to connect to your IM networks. gabble provides xmpp (jabber, google talk/plus, facebook), salut provides link-local xmpp (using avahi) and haze provides most other common protocols.
There are three methods to install kde-telepathy-minimal 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-telepathy-minimal 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-telepathy-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-minimal
Install kde-telepathy-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-minimal
Install kde-telepathy-minimal 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-telepathy-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-minimal
How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-minimal on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kde-telepathy-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-minimal
Uninstall kde-telepathy-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-telepathy-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-minimal
Remove kde-telepathy-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove kde-telepathy-minimal configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-minimal
Remove kde-telepathy-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-telepathy-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-minimal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-minimal package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
