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