How To Install kdeconnect on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kdeconnect
kdeconnect is:
Tool to integrate your smartphone, tablet, and desktop devices. Remote-control, share files, synchronize notifications, and more! At the moment it only supports Android-based mobile devices. Linux desktop devices are well-supported, with ports available for other operating systems.
There are three methods to install kdeconnect on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdeconnect
Install kdeconnect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdeconnect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdeconnect
Install kdeconnect 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdeconnect
How To Uninstall kdeconnect on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kdeconnect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdeconnect
Uninstall kdeconnect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdeconnect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdeconnect
Remove kdeconnect Configurations and Data
To remove kdeconnect configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdeconnect
Remove kdeconnect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdeconnect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdeconnect
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.