How To Install kde-plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-plasma-desktop
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kde-plasma-desktop
kde-plasma-desktop is:
KDE is the powerful, integrated, and easy-to-use Free Software desktop platform and suite of applications.
This metapackage pulls in the core modules released with the KDE Software Compilation including the basic KDE Plasma Desktop, minimal set of basic applications (browser, file manager, text editor, system settings, panel, etc.), important libraries and data.
There are three methods to install kde-plasma-desktop
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 kde-plasma-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-plasma-desktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-plasma-desktop
Install kde-plasma-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-plasma-desktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-plasma-desktop
Install kde-plasma-desktop 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 kde-plasma-desktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-plasma-desktop
How To Uninstall kde-plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kde-plasma-desktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-plasma-desktop
Uninstall kde-plasma-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-plasma-desktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-plasma-desktop
Remove kde-plasma-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove kde-plasma-desktop
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-plasma-desktop
Remove kde-plasma-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-plasma-desktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-plasma-desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-plasma-desktop
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.