How To Install kio-extras-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kio-extras-data
kio-extras-data is:
A kioslave is a plugin designed to be intimately familiar with a certain protocol, so that a standardized interface can be used to get at data from any number of places. A few examples are the http and ftp kioslaves, which using nearly identical methods will retrieve data from an http or ftp server respectively.
This package contains the data files
There are three methods to install kio-extras-data 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 kio-extras-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kio-extras-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kio-extras-data
Install kio-extras-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kio-extras-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kio-extras-data
Install kio-extras-data 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 kio-extras-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kio-extras-data
How To Uninstall kio-extras-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kio-extras-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kio-extras-data
Uninstall kio-extras-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kio-extras-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio-extras-data
Remove kio-extras-data Configurations and Data
To remove kio-extras-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kio-extras-data
Remove kio-extras-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kio-extras-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio-extras-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
