How To Install marble-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is marble-plugins
marble-plugins is:
Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.
This package contains various plugins for the Marble desktop globe. The Marble globe widget library may not be of much use if this package is not installed.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install marble-plugins 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 marble-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install marble-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install marble-plugins
Install marble-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install marble-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install marble-plugins
Install marble-plugins 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 marble-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install marble-plugins
How To Uninstall marble-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the marble-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove marble-plugins
Uninstall marble-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall marble-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble-plugins
Remove marble-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove marble-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge marble-plugins
Remove marble-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove marble-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge marble-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.