How To Install cutepaste on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cutepaste on Ubuntu 22.04. cutepaste is Paste application for KDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cutepaste on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cutepaste

cutepaste is:

cutepaste is a paste utility for KDE. It can be invoked from the commandline to paste a file or content to http://paste.kde.org/

There are three methods to install cutepaste on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cutepaste Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cutepaste

Install cutepaste Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cutepaste using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cutepaste

Install cutepaste 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 cutepaste using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cutepaste

How To Uninstall cutepaste on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cutepaste package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cutepaste

Uninstall cutepaste And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cutepaste and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cutepaste

Remove cutepaste Configurations and Data

To remove cutepaste configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cutepaste

Remove cutepaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cutepaste configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cutepaste

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cutepaste package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.