How To Install tkdnd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkdnd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tkdnd
tkdnd is:
TkDND is an extension that adds native drag & drop capabilities to the Tk toolkit. Under unix the drag & drop protocol in use is the XDND protocol version 4 (also used by the QT toolkit, KDE & GNOME Desktops).
There are three methods to install tkdnd 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 tkdnd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tkdnd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkdnd
Install tkdnd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkdnd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkdnd
Install tkdnd 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 tkdnd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkdnd
How To Uninstall tkdnd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tkdnd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkdnd
Uninstall tkdnd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkdnd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkdnd
Remove tkdnd Configurations and Data
To remove tkdnd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkdnd
Remove tkdnd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkdnd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkdnd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkdnd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
