How To Install kipi-plugins-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kipi-plugins-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kipi-plugins-common
kipi-plugins-common is:
KIPI plugins (KDE Image Plugin Interface) is an effort to develop a common plugin structure for digiKam, KPhotoAlbum (formerly known as KimDaBa), Showimg and Gwenview. Its aim is to share image plugins among graphic applications.
The architecture independent data needed for the kipi-plugins package.
There are three methods to install kipi-plugins-common 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 kipi-plugins-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kipi-plugins-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kipi-plugins-common
Install kipi-plugins-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kipi-plugins-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kipi-plugins-common
Install kipi-plugins-common 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 kipi-plugins-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kipi-plugins-common
How To Uninstall kipi-plugins-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kipi-plugins-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kipi-plugins-common
Uninstall kipi-plugins-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kipi-plugins-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kipi-plugins-common
Remove kipi-plugins-common Configurations and Data
To remove kipi-plugins-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kipi-plugins-common
Remove kipi-plugins-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kipi-plugins-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kipi-plugins-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kipi-plugins-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
