How To Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools is:
This is a stand-alone implementation of the Kate syntax highlighting engine. It’s meant as a building block for text editors as well as for simple highlighted text rendering (e.g. as HTML), supporting both integration with a custom editor as well as a ready-to-use QSyntaxHighlighter sub-class.
Provides additional tools for libkf5syntaxhighlighting5
There are three methods to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-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 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-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 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-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 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
How To Uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
Uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
Remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
Remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
