How To Install kdevelop52-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop52-libs on Ubuntu 18.04. kdevelop52-libs is shared libraries for the KDevelop platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop52-libs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kdevelop52-libs

kdevelop52-libs is:

This package contains shared libraries needed to run integrated development environments based on the KDevelop platform.

This package is part of the KDevelop platform.

There are three methods to install kdevelop52-libs 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 kdevelop52-libs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdevelop52-libs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdevelop52-libs

Install kdevelop52-libs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdevelop52-libs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdevelop52-libs

Install kdevelop52-libs 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 kdevelop52-libs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdevelop52-libs

How To Uninstall kdevelop52-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kdevelop52-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdevelop52-libs

Uninstall kdevelop52-libs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdevelop52-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdevelop52-libs

Remove kdevelop52-libs Configurations and Data

To remove kdevelop52-libs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdevelop52-libs

Remove kdevelop52-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdevelop52-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdevelop52-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop52-libs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.