How To Install kdelibs5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kdelibs5-dev
kdelibs5-dev is:
This package contains development files for building KDE Applications and other software that uses the KDE Development Platform libraries.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.
There are three methods to install kdelibs5-dev 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 kdelibs5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdelibs5-dev
Install kdelibs5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdelibs5-dev
Install kdelibs5-dev 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 kdelibs5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdelibs5-dev
How To Uninstall kdelibs5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kdelibs5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5-dev
Uninstall kdelibs5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdelibs5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdelibs5-dev
Remove kdelibs5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove kdelibs5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdelibs5-dev
Remove kdelibs5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdelibs5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdelibs5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
