How To Install libkf5mime-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5mime-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkf5mime-data
libkf5mime-data is:
This library provides an API for handling MIME data. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an Internet Standard that extends the format of e-mail to support text in character sets other than US-ASCII, non-text attachments, multi-part message bodies, and header information in non-ASCII character sets.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.
There are three methods to install libkf5mime-data 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 libkf5mime-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5mime-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkf5mime-data
Install libkf5mime-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5mime-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkf5mime-data
Install libkf5mime-data 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 libkf5mime-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkf5mime-data
How To Uninstall libkf5mime-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkf5mime-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkf5mime-data
Uninstall libkf5mime-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkf5mime-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5mime-data
Remove libkf5mime-data Configurations and Data
To remove libkf5mime-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5mime-data
Remove libkf5mime-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkf5mime-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5mime-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5mime-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
