How To Install kscreen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreen
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kscreen
kscreen is:
KScreen provides multiple monitor support. This support tries to be as smart as possible adapting the behavior of it to each use case making the configuration of monitors as simple as plugging them into your computer.
This package contains the modules and plugins for monitor hotplug and automatic screen handling.
There are three methods to install kscreen
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 kscreen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kscreen
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kscreen
Install kscreen Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kscreen
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kscreen
Install kscreen 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 kscreen
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kscreen
How To Uninstall kscreen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kscreen
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kscreen
Uninstall kscreen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kscreen
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kscreen
Remove kscreen Configurations and Data
To remove kscreen
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kscreen
Remove kscreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kscreen
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kscreen
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreen
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.