How To Install konsole on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install konsole on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is konsole
konsole is:
Konsole is a terminal emulator built on the KDE Platform. It can contain multiple terminal sessions inside one window using detachable tabs.
Konsole supports powerful terminal features, such as customizable schemes, saved sessions, and output monitoring. Task: kubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install konsole on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install konsole Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install konsole using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install konsole
Install konsole Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install konsole using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install konsole
Install konsole 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 konsole using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install konsole
How To Uninstall konsole on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the konsole package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove konsole
Uninstall konsole And Its Dependencies
To uninstall konsole and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove konsole
Remove konsole Configurations and Data
To remove konsole configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge konsole
Remove konsole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove konsole configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge konsole
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install konsole package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.