How To Install plasma-desktop-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-desktop-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plasma-desktop-data
plasma-desktop-data is:
Plasma Desktop offers a beautiful looking desktop that takes complete advantage of modern computing technology. Through the use of visual effects and scalable graphics, the desktop experience is not only smooth but also pleasant to the eye. The looks of Plasma Desktop not only provide beauty, they are also used to support and improve your computer activities effectively, without being distracting.
This package is part of the KDE Plasma.
This package contains the data files
There are three methods to install plasma-desktop-data 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 plasma-desktop-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-desktop-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-desktop-data
Install plasma-desktop-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-desktop-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-desktop-data
Install plasma-desktop-data 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 plasma-desktop-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-desktop-data
How To Uninstall plasma-desktop-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plasma-desktop-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-desktop-data
Uninstall plasma-desktop-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-desktop-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-desktop-data
Remove plasma-desktop-data Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-desktop-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-desktop-data
Remove plasma-desktop-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-desktop-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-desktop-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-desktop-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
