How To Install libkidletime4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkidletime4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkidletime4
libkidletime4 is:
This library contains a class that allows applications to watch for user activity or inactivity. It is useful not only for finding out about the current idle time of the PC, but also for getting notified upon idle time events, such as custom timeouts, or user activity.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.
There are three methods to install libkidletime4 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 libkidletime4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkidletime4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkidletime4
Install libkidletime4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkidletime4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkidletime4
Install libkidletime4 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 libkidletime4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkidletime4
How To Uninstall libkidletime4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkidletime4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkidletime4
Uninstall libkidletime4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkidletime4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkidletime4
Remove libkidletime4 Configurations and Data
To remove libkidletime4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkidletime4
Remove libkidletime4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkidletime4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkidletime4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkidletime4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.