How To Install libkf5windowsystem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5windowsystem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkf5windowsystem-dev
libkf5windowsystem-dev is:
The class KWindowSystem provides information about the state of the window manager and allows asking the window manager to change them using a more high-level interface than the NETWinInfo/NETRootInfo lowlevel classes.
Contains development files for kwindowsystem.
There are three methods to install libkf5windowsystem-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 libkf5windowsystem-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 libkf5windowsystem-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkf5windowsystem-dev
Install libkf5windowsystem-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5windowsystem-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkf5windowsystem-dev
Install libkf5windowsystem-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 libkf5windowsystem-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkf5windowsystem-dev
How To Uninstall libkf5windowsystem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkf5windowsystem-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkf5windowsystem-dev
Uninstall libkf5windowsystem-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkf5windowsystem-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5windowsystem-dev
Remove libkf5windowsystem-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkf5windowsystem-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5windowsystem-dev
Remove libkf5windowsystem-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkf5windowsystem-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5windowsystem-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5windowsystem-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
