How To Install apper-data on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 366 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apper-data on Ubuntu.
What is apper-data
apper-data is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides data files for Apper, the KDE package manager based on PackageKit.
There are three methods to install apper-data on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apper-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apper-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apper-data
Install apper-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apper-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apper-data
Install apper-data 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 apper-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apper-data
How To Uninstall apper-data on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apper-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apper-data
Uninstall apper-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apper-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apper-data
Remove apper-data Configurations and Data
To remove apper-data configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apper-data
Remove apper-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apper-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apper-data
Dependencies
apper-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apper-data package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.