How To Install libkf5jobwidgets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5jobwidgets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libkf5jobwidgets-dev is Widgets for tracking KJob instances

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5jobwidgets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkf5jobwidgets-dev

libkf5jobwidgets-dev is:

Window class that associates this job with a window given by window. This is used by KDialogJobUiDelegate as parent widget for error messages, KWidgetJobTracker as parent widget for progress dialogs, KIO::AbstractJobInteractionInterface as parent widget for rename/skip dialogs and possibly more. Overload that takes a QWindow.

Timestamp handling to update the last user action timestamp to the given time. Returns the last user action timestamp.

Contains development files for kjobwidgets.

There are three methods to install libkf5jobwidgets-dev 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 libkf5jobwidgets-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5jobwidgets-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5jobwidgets-dev

Install libkf5jobwidgets-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5jobwidgets-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5jobwidgets-dev

Install libkf5jobwidgets-dev 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 libkf5jobwidgets-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5jobwidgets-dev

How To Uninstall libkf5jobwidgets-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkf5jobwidgets-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5jobwidgets-dev

Uninstall libkf5jobwidgets-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5jobwidgets-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5jobwidgets-dev

Remove libkf5jobwidgets-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5jobwidgets-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5jobwidgets-dev

Remove libkf5jobwidgets-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5jobwidgets-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5jobwidgets-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5jobwidgets-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.