How To Install libktexteditor4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libktexteditor4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libktexteditor4 is KTextEditor interfaces for the KDE Platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libktexteditor4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libktexteditor4

libktexteditor4 is:

This package provides the KTextEditor interfaces (also called KTE interfaces) that are a set of well-defined interfaces which an application or library can implement to provide advanced plain text editing services. Applications which utilise this interface can thus allow the user to choose which implementation of the editor component to use. The only implementation right now is the Kate Editor Component (Kate Part).

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.

There are three methods to install libktexteditor4 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 libktexteditor4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libktexteditor4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libktexteditor4

Install libktexteditor4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libktexteditor4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libktexteditor4

Install libktexteditor4 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 libktexteditor4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libktexteditor4

How To Uninstall libktexteditor4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libktexteditor4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libktexteditor4

Uninstall libktexteditor4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libktexteditor4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libktexteditor4

Remove libktexteditor4 Configurations and Data

To remove libktexteditor4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libktexteditor4

Remove libktexteditor4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libktexteditor4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libktexteditor4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libktexteditor4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.