How To Install plasma-framework on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-framework on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plasma-framework
plasma-framework is:
Plasma library and runtime components based upon KF5 and Qt 5.
There are three methods to install plasma-framework 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-framework 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-framework using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-framework
Install plasma-framework Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-framework using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-framework
Install plasma-framework 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-framework using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-framework
How To Uninstall plasma-framework on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plasma-framework package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-framework
Uninstall plasma-framework And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-framework and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-framework
Remove plasma-framework Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-framework configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-framework
Remove plasma-framework configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-framework configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-framework
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-framework package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
