How To Install libkomparediff2-5 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 libkomparediff2-5 on Ubuntu.

What is `libkomparediff2-5`

libkomparediff2-5 is:

This package contains a library used to compare files and strings, and is used in Kompare and KDevelop.

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

There are three methods to install libkomparediff2-5 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 libkomparediff2-5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkomparediff2-5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkomparediff2-5

Install libkomparediff2-5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkomparediff2-5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkomparediff2-5

Install libkomparediff2-5 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 libkomparediff2-5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkomparediff2-5

How To Uninstall libkomparediff2-5 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libkomparediff2-5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkomparediff2-5

Uninstall libkomparediff2-5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkomparediff2-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkomparediff2-5

Remove libkomparediff2-5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkomparediff2-5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkomparediff2-5

Remove libkomparediff2-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkomparediff2-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkomparediff2-5

Dependencies

libkomparediff2-5 have the following dependencies:

References

libkomparediff2-5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkomparediff2-5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.