How To Install plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop 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.
There are three methods to install plasma-desktop 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-desktop
Install plasma-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-desktop
Install plasma-desktop 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-desktop
How To Uninstall plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plasma-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-desktop
Uninstall plasma-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-desktop 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
Remove plasma-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-desktop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-desktop
Remove plasma-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-desktop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-desktop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
