How To Install kget on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kget
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kget
kget is:
KGet is an advanced download manager with support for Metalink and Bittorrent. Downloads are added to the list, where they can be paused, queued, or scheduled for later.
This package is part of the KDE networking module.
There are three methods to install kget
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kget Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kget
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kget
Install kget Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kget
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kget
Install kget 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 kget
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kget
How To Uninstall kget on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kget
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kget
Uninstall kget And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kget
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kget
Remove kget Configurations and Data
To remove kget
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kget
Remove kget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kget
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kget
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kget
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.