How To Install plasma-workspace-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. plasma-workspace-dev is Plasma Workspace for KF5 devel files Plasma Workspace for KF5 devel files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is plasma-workspace-dev

plasma-workspace-dev is:

Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.

This package contains the development files.

Package: plasma-workspace-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Source: plasma-workspace Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 426 Depends: kwin-common (>= 4:5.18.0), libkf5itemmodels-dev (>= 5.66.0~), libkf5plasma-dev (>= 5.66.0~), libkf5sysguard-dev (>= 4:5.18.4.1~), libkf5windowsystem-dev (>= 5.66.0~), plasma-workspace (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), qtbase5-dev (>= 5.9.0~), qtdeclarative5-dev (>= 5.9.0~), libcolorcorrect5 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), libkworkspace5-5 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), libplasma-geolocation-interface5 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), libtaskmanager6 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), libnotificationmanager1 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1), libweather-ion7 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1) Conflicts: kde-workspace-dev Breaks: kde-workspace-dev Replaces: kde-workspace-dev Filename: pool/universe/p/plasma-workspace/plasma-workspace-dev_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 59024 MD5sum: 82f90008dfa65cd4618d4b961b9c6891 SHA1: 30cd7ebffc10d7b564b78cbc35cc6a71f86306d9 SHA256: 73ffa0195aee03541ea0fa04a6d3673450e92417af49cbd1e9b351f3788db86a Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/plasma-workspace Description-en: Plasma Workspace for KF5 devel files Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install plasma-workspace-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-workspace-dev 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-workspace-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace-dev

Install plasma-workspace-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace-dev

Install plasma-workspace-dev 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-workspace-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-workspace-dev

How To Uninstall plasma-workspace-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the plasma-workspace-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-workspace-dev

Uninstall plasma-workspace-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall plasma-workspace-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-workspace-dev

Remove plasma-workspace-dev Configurations and Data

To remove plasma-workspace-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-workspace-dev

Remove plasma-workspace-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove plasma-workspace-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-workspace-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.