How To Install libfm-qt9 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 libfm-qt9 on Ubuntu.

What is `libfm-qt9`

libfm-qt9 is:

Libfm-Qt is a companion library providing components to build desktop file managers.

This package contains helper library libfm-qt for pcmanfm-qt.

There are three methods to install libfm-qt9 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 libfm-qt9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-qt9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfm-qt9

Install libfm-qt9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-qt9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfm-qt9

Install libfm-qt9 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 libfm-qt9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfm-qt9

How To Uninstall libfm-qt9 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libfm-qt9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfm-qt9

Uninstall libfm-qt9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfm-qt9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfm-qt9

Remove libfm-qt9 Configurations and Data

To remove libfm-qt9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfm-qt9

Remove libfm-qt9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfm-qt9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfm-qt9

Dependencies

libfm-qt9 have the following dependencies:

References

libfm-qt9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-qt9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.