How To Install kdesdk-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. kdesdk-kio-plugins is transparent Subversion access and Perl documentation KIO slaves

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kdesdk-kio-plugins

kdesdk-kio-plugins is:

This package includes the svn and svn+ssh KIO plugins, which allows KDE applications to browse remote Subversion repositories, and the perldoc KIO plugin, which can be used to browse the Perl documentation within Konqueror.

This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.

There are three methods to install kdesdk-kio-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 kdesdk-kio-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 kdesdk-kio-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdesdk-kio-plugins

Install kdesdk-kio-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk-kio-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdesdk-kio-plugins

Install kdesdk-kio-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 kdesdk-kio-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdesdk-kio-plugins

How To Uninstall kdesdk-kio-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kdesdk-kio-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdesdk-kio-plugins

Uninstall kdesdk-kio-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdesdk-kio-plugins

Remove kdesdk-kio-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove kdesdk-kio-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdesdk-kio-plugins

Remove kdesdk-kio-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdesdk-kio-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdesdk-kio-plugins

References

Summary

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