How To Install kremotecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kremotecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kremotecontrol
kremotecontrol is:
KRemoteControl is a KDE frontend for your remote controls. It allows you to configure actions for button presses on remotes. All types of remotes supported by Solid are also supported by KRemoteControl.
KRemoteControl consists of the following parts:
- a control module that allows one to create and assign actions.
- a kded module responsible for executing the actions.
- a system tray applet for visual feedback.
- a Plasma data engine for interacting with remotes from Plasma widgets.
This package is part of the KDE utilities module.
There are three methods to install kremotecontrol 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 kremotecontrol Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kremotecontrol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kremotecontrol
Install kremotecontrol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kremotecontrol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kremotecontrol
Install kremotecontrol 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 kremotecontrol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kremotecontrol
How To Uninstall kremotecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kremotecontrol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kremotecontrol
Uninstall kremotecontrol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kremotecontrol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kremotecontrol
Remove kremotecontrol Configurations and Data
To remove kremotecontrol configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kremotecontrol
Remove kremotecontrol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kremotecontrol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kremotecontrol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kremotecontrol package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
