How To Install kapptemplate on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kapptemplate on Ubuntu.

What is `kapptemplate`

kapptemplate is:

KAppTemplate is a shell script that will create the necessary framework to develop several types of applications, including applications based on the KDE development platform.

It generates the build-system configuration and provides example code for a simple application.

This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.

There are three methods to install kapptemplate 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 kapptemplate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kapptemplate

Install kapptemplate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kapptemplate

Install kapptemplate 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 kapptemplate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kapptemplate

How To Uninstall kapptemplate on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove kapptemplate

Uninstall kapptemplate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kapptemplate

Remove kapptemplate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kapptemplate

Remove kapptemplate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kapptemplate

Dependencies

kapptemplate have the following dependencies:

References

kapptemplate website

Summary

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