How To Install kinfocenter on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinfocenter on Ubuntu 20.04. kinfocenter is system information viewer system information viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinfocenter on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is kinfocenter

kinfocenter is:

The kinfocenter provides you with a centralized and convenient overview of your system and desktop environment.

The information center is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information center organizes all of these programs into a convenient location. Task: kubuntu-desktop

Package: kinfocenter Architecture: amd64 Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7546 Depends: ieee-data, plasma-workspace (>= 4:5.18.0), qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2, usbutils, kio, libc6 (>= 2.14), libegl1, libgl1, libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libkf5completion5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5configcore5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 5.23.0), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.58.0), libkf5crash5 (>= 5.15.0), libkf5dbusaddons5 (>= 4.99.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5iconthemes5 (>= 5.39.0), libkf5kcmutils5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiocore5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5quickaddons5 (>= 5.8.0+git20150324.0130+15.04), libkf5service-bin, libkf5service5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5solid5 (>= 5.0.0), libkf5waylandclient5 (>= 4:5.5.0), libkf5widgetsaddons5 (>= 5.53.0), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5xmlgui-bin, libkf5xmlgui5 (>= 4.98.0), libpci3 (>= 1:3.5.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.7.0~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.8.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.8.0), libqt5qml5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.11.0~rc1), libraw1394-11, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6 Breaks: kde-l10n-ar (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ast (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-bg (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-bs (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ca (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-cavalencia (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-cs (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-da (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-de (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-el (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-engb (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-eo (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-es (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-et (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-eu (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fi (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ga (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-gl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-he (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hi (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hu (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ia (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-id (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-is (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-it (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ja (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-kk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-km (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ko (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-lt (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-lv (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-mr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nb (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nds (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nn (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pt (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ptbr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ro (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ru (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sv (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-tr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ug (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-uk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-wa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-zhcn (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-zhtw (« 4:4.14.0-2) Replaces: kde-l10n-ar (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ast (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-bg (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-bs (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ca (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-cavalencia (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-cs (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-da (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-de (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-el (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-engb (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-eo (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-es (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-et (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-eu (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fi (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-fr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ga (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-gl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-he (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hi (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-hu (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ia (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-id (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-is (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-it (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ja (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-kk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-km (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ko (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-lt (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-lv (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-mr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nb (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nds (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-nn (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-pt (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ptbr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ro (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ru (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sl (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-sv (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-tr (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-ug (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-uk (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-wa (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-zhcn (« 4:4.14.0-2), kde-l10n-zhtw (« 4:4.14.0-2) Filename: pool/universe/k/kinfocenter/kinfocenter_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1347744 MD5sum: ff34dc21413cfdd6027dc5f5a400446e SHA1: b7817c7f78ad510f3e45fff1b2997eb85c7572b2 SHA256: e89b4e19cd112d1452092b29fd2b8e0552878eb1f2b00380bbe3ab04e32d569d Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kinfocenter Description-en: system information viewer The kinfocenter provides you with a centralized and convenient overview of your system and desktop environment.

The information center is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information center organizes all of these programs into a convenient location. Task: kubuntu-desktop

There are three methods to install kinfocenter 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 kinfocenter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kinfocenter

Install kinfocenter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kinfocenter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kinfocenter

Install kinfocenter 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 kinfocenter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kinfocenter

How To Uninstall kinfocenter on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the kinfocenter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kinfocenter

Uninstall kinfocenter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kinfocenter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kinfocenter

Remove kinfocenter Configurations and Data

To remove kinfocenter configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kinfocenter

Remove kinfocenter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kinfocenter

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinfocenter package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.