How To Install klinkstatus on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install klinkstatus on Ubuntu 18.04. klinkstatus is web link validity checker

Introduction

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

What is klinkstatus

klinkstatus is:

KLinkStatus is KDE’s web link validity checker. It allows you to search internal and external links throughout your web site. Simply point it to a single page and choose the depth to search.

You can also check local files, or files over ftp:, fish: or any other KIO protocols. For performance, links can be checked simultaneously.

This package is part of KDE web development module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install klinkstatus

Install klinkstatus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install klinkstatus

Install klinkstatus 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 klinkstatus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install klinkstatus

How To Uninstall klinkstatus on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove klinkstatus

Uninstall klinkstatus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove klinkstatus

Remove klinkstatus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge klinkstatus

Remove klinkstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge klinkstatus

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Summary

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