How To Install kdenetwork-filesharing on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdenetwork-filesharing on Ubuntu 18.04. kdenetwork-filesharing is network filesharing configuration module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdenetwork-filesharing on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kdenetwork-filesharing

kdenetwork-filesharing is:

This package provides a System Settings panel to configure network file-sharing using NFS and Samba.

This package is part of the KDE networking module.

There are three methods to install kdenetwork-filesharing 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 kdenetwork-filesharing Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdenetwork-filesharing using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdenetwork-filesharing

Install kdenetwork-filesharing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdenetwork-filesharing using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdenetwork-filesharing

Install kdenetwork-filesharing 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 kdenetwork-filesharing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdenetwork-filesharing

How To Uninstall kdenetwork-filesharing on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kdenetwork-filesharing package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdenetwork-filesharing

Uninstall kdenetwork-filesharing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdenetwork-filesharing

Remove kdenetwork-filesharing Configurations and Data

To remove kdenetwork-filesharing configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdenetwork-filesharing

Remove kdenetwork-filesharing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdenetwork-filesharing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdenetwork-filesharing

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Summary

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