How To Install kfilereplace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kfilereplace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kfilereplace
kfilereplace is:
KFileReplace is an embedded component for KDE that acts as a batch search-and-replace tool. It allows you to replace one expression with another in many files at once.
This package is part of KDE web development module.
There are three methods to install kfilereplace 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 kfilereplace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kfilereplace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kfilereplace
Install kfilereplace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kfilereplace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kfilereplace
Install kfilereplace 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 kfilereplace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kfilereplace
How To Uninstall kfilereplace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kfilereplace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kfilereplace
Uninstall kfilereplace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kfilereplace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kfilereplace
Remove kfilereplace Configurations and Data
To remove kfilereplace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kfilereplace
Remove kfilereplace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kfilereplace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kfilereplace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kfilereplace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
