How To Install ktexteditor-katepart on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ktexteditor-katepart on Ubuntu 18.04. ktexteditor-katepart is provide advanced plain text editing services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ktexteditor-katepart on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ktexteditor-katepart

ktexteditor-katepart is:

The KTextEditor interfaces - also called KTE interfaces - are a set of well-defined interfaces which an application or library can implement to provide advanced plain text editing services. Applications which utilise this interface can thus allow the user to choose which implementation of the editor component to use. The only implementation right now is the Kate Editor Component (Kate Part).

This contains the Kate Part plugin.

There are three methods to install ktexteditor-katepart 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 ktexteditor-katepart Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ktexteditor-katepart

Install ktexteditor-katepart Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ktexteditor-katepart

Install ktexteditor-katepart 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 ktexteditor-katepart using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ktexteditor-katepart

How To Uninstall ktexteditor-katepart on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ktexteditor-katepart package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ktexteditor-katepart

Uninstall ktexteditor-katepart And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ktexteditor-katepart

Remove ktexteditor-katepart Configurations and Data

To remove ktexteditor-katepart configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ktexteditor-katepart

Remove ktexteditor-katepart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ktexteditor-katepart

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Summary

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