How To Install kimageformat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kimageformat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kimageformat-plugins
kimageformat-plugins is:
This framework provides additional image format plugins for QtGui. As such it is not required for the compilation of any other software, but may be a runtime requirement for Qt-based software to support certain image formats.
This package is part of KDE Frameworks.
There are three methods to install kimageformat-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 kimageformat-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 kimageformat-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kimageformat-plugins
Install kimageformat-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kimageformat-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kimageformat-plugins
Install kimageformat-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 kimageformat-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kimageformat-plugins
How To Uninstall kimageformat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kimageformat-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kimageformat-plugins
Uninstall kimageformat-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kimageformat-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kimageformat-plugins
Remove kimageformat-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove kimageformat-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kimageformat-plugins
Remove kimageformat-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kimageformat-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kimageformat-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kimageformat-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
