How To Install kate 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 kate on Ubuntu.
What is kate
kate is:
Kate is a powerful text editor that can open multiple files simultaneously.
With a built-in terminal, syntax highlighting, and tabbed sidebar, it performs as a lightweight but capable development environment. Kate’s many tools, plugins, and scripts make it highly customizable.
Kate’s features include:
- Multiple saved sessions, each with numerous files
- Scriptable syntax highlighting, indentation, and code-folding
- Configurable templates and text snippets
- Symbol viewers for C, C++, and Python
- XML completion and validation
There are three methods to install kate 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 kate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kate
Install kate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kate
Install kate 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 kate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kate
How To Uninstall kate on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the kate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kate
Uninstall kate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kate
Remove kate Configurations and Data
To remove kate configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kate
Remove kate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kate
Dependencies
kate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kate package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.