How To Install kipi-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kipi-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kipi-plugins
kipi-plugins 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.
There are three methods to install kipi-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 kipi-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 kipi-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kipi-plugins
Install kipi-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kipi-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kipi-plugins
Install kipi-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 kipi-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kipi-plugins
How To Uninstall kipi-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kipi-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kipi-plugins
Uninstall kipi-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kipi-plugins 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
Remove kipi-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove kipi-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kipi-plugins
Remove kipi-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kipi-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kipi-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kipi-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
