How To Install kubuntu-notification-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kubuntu-notification-helper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kubuntu-notification-helper
kubuntu-notification-helper is:
Kubuntu Notification Helper is a daemon that presents various notifications to the user. It uses the KDE Daemon system as a base and presents the notifications using the KDE Notification system. It also includes a System Settings module for configuring the daemon. Kubuntu Notification Helper is lightweight and fully integrated with KDE.
Current features include:
- Notifications for Apport crashes.
- Notifications for upgrade information, when available.
- Notifications for the availability restrictively-licensed packages.
- Notifications for when upgrades require a reboot to complete.
- All notifications can be hidden temporarily or permanently.
There are three methods to install kubuntu-notification-helper 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 kubuntu-notification-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kubuntu-notification-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kubuntu-notification-helper
Install kubuntu-notification-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kubuntu-notification-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kubuntu-notification-helper
Install kubuntu-notification-helper 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 kubuntu-notification-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kubuntu-notification-helper
How To Uninstall kubuntu-notification-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kubuntu-notification-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-notification-helper
Uninstall kubuntu-notification-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kubuntu-notification-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kubuntu-notification-helper
Remove kubuntu-notification-helper Configurations and Data
To remove kubuntu-notification-helper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kubuntu-notification-helper
Remove kubuntu-notification-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kubuntu-notification-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kubuntu-notification-helper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kubuntu-notification-helper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
