How To Install kde-spectacle on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-spectacle on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kde-spectacle
kde-spectacle is:
Spectacle captures images of the screen. It can capture the whole screen, a specified region, an individual window, or only part of a window. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
There are three methods to install kde-spectacle 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-spectacle 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-spectacle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-spectacle
Install kde-spectacle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-spectacle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-spectacle
Install kde-spectacle 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-spectacle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-spectacle
How To Uninstall kde-spectacle on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kde-spectacle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-spectacle
Uninstall kde-spectacle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-spectacle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-spectacle
Remove kde-spectacle Configurations and Data
To remove kde-spectacle configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-spectacle
Remove kde-spectacle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-spectacle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-spectacle
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-spectacle package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
