How To Install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins is kio slaves used by KDE PIM applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins is:

This package contains the imap4, ldap, mbox, nntp, pop3, sieve and smtp kio slaves.

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.

There are three methods to install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins 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 kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

Install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

Install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins 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 kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

How To Uninstall kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

Uninstall kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

Remove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

Remove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde4pimlibs-kio-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.