How To Install baloo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is baloo-utils
baloo-utils is:
A framework for searching and managing metadata in KDE.
This package contains kdelibs4 utilities for Baloo.
There are three methods to install baloo-utils 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 baloo-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baloo-utils
Install baloo-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baloo-utils
Install baloo-utils 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 baloo-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baloo-utils
How To Uninstall baloo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the baloo-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baloo-utils
Uninstall baloo-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baloo-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baloo-utils
Remove baloo-utils Configurations and Data
To remove baloo-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baloo-utils
Remove baloo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baloo-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baloo-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
