How To Install libkate-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkate-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. libkate-tools is Utilities for mangling kate Ogg files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkate-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkate-tools

libkate-tools is:

Kate is meant to be used for karaoke alongside audio/video streams (typically Vorbis and Theora), movie subtitles, song lyrics, and anything that needs text data at arbitrary time intervals.

This package contains some utilities useful for debugging and tweaking Kate files, using libkate

There are three methods to install libkate-tools 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 libkate-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkate-tools

Install libkate-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkate-tools

Install libkate-tools 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 libkate-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkate-tools

How To Uninstall libkate-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkate-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkate-tools

Uninstall libkate-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkate-tools

Remove libkate-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkate-tools

Remove libkate-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkate-tools

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Summary

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