How To Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
plasma-discover-flatpak-backend is:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the Plasma workspace.
This package contains support for Flatpak package format.
There are three methods to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend 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-discover-flatpak-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
How To Uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plasma-discover-flatpak-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-discover-flatpak-backend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
Remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-discover-flatpak-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
