How To Install klash on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install klash on Ubuntu 18.04. klash is GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Standalone player for KDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install klash on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is klash

klash is:

GNU Gnash is a free GPL’d SWF player. It runs as a standalone application on either the desktop or embedded devices, or may be used as a plugin for several popular browsers. It supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection.

GNU Gnash is based on GameSWF and supports most SWF v7 features and some SWF v8 and v9. SWF v10 is not supported by GNU Gnash.

Included in the Gnash is an XML based messaging system, as specified in the SWF specification. This lets a SWF animation communicate over a TCP/IP socket, and parse the incoming XML message. This lets an animation be a remote control for other devices or applications.

Klash is a free standalone SWF movie player for KDE that use AGG as the rendering backend.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install klash

Install klash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install klash

Install klash 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 klash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install klash

How To Uninstall klash on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove klash

Uninstall klash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall klash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove klash

Remove klash Configurations and Data

To remove klash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge klash

Remove klash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge klash

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install klash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.