How To Install kdeconnect-plasma on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect-plasma on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kdeconnect-plasma
kdeconnect-plasma is:
This is a transitional package for kdeconnect-plasma and can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install kdeconnect-plasma 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 kdeconnect-plasma Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdeconnect-plasma using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdeconnect-plasma
Install kdeconnect-plasma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdeconnect-plasma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdeconnect-plasma
Install kdeconnect-plasma 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 kdeconnect-plasma using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdeconnect-plasma
How To Uninstall kdeconnect-plasma on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kdeconnect-plasma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdeconnect-plasma
Uninstall kdeconnect-plasma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdeconnect-plasma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdeconnect-plasma
Remove kdeconnect-plasma Configurations and Data
To remove kdeconnect-plasma configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdeconnect-plasma
Remove kdeconnect-plasma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdeconnect-plasma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdeconnect-plasma
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect-plasma package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.