How To Install digikam-private-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install digikam-private-libs on Ubuntu 18.04. digikam-private-libs is private libraries for digiKam and kipi plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install digikam-private-libs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is digikam-private-libs

digikam-private-libs is:

This package contains private libraries to be used by digikam and kipi-plugins.

This has no use for anything else than digikam, since the libraries are installed in a private library path.

There are three methods to install digikam-private-libs 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 digikam-private-libs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install digikam-private-libs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install digikam-private-libs

Install digikam-private-libs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install digikam-private-libs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install digikam-private-libs

Install digikam-private-libs 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 digikam-private-libs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install digikam-private-libs

How To Uninstall digikam-private-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the digikam-private-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove digikam-private-libs

Uninstall digikam-private-libs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall digikam-private-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove digikam-private-libs

Remove digikam-private-libs Configurations and Data

To remove digikam-private-libs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge digikam-private-libs

Remove digikam-private-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove digikam-private-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge digikam-private-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install digikam-private-libs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.