How To Install libkf5sane5 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 libkf5sane5 on Ubuntu.

What is libkf5sane5

libkf5sane5 is:

The KDE scanner library provides an API and widgets for using scanners and other imaging devices supported by SANE.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libkf5sane5 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 libkf5sane5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5sane5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5sane5

Install libkf5sane5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5sane5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5sane5

Install libkf5sane5 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 libkf5sane5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5sane5

How To Uninstall libkf5sane5 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libkf5sane5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5sane5

Uninstall libkf5sane5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5sane5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5sane5

Remove libkf5sane5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5sane5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5sane5

Remove libkf5sane5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5sane5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5sane5

Dependencies

libkf5sane5 have the following dependencies:

• libkf5sane-data
• libc6
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5textwidgets5
• libkf5wallet-bin
• libkf5wallet5
• libkf5widgetsaddons5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libsane1
• libstdc++6

References

• libkf5sane5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5sane5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.