How To Install pcmanfm-qt 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 pcmanfm-qt on Ubuntu.

What is `pcmanfm-qt`

pcmanfm-qt is:

PCManFM-Qt is the Qt port of the LXDE file manager PCManFM.

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

There are three methods to install pcmanfm-qt 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 pcmanfm-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pcmanfm-qt

Install pcmanfm-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcmanfm-qt

Install pcmanfm-qt 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 pcmanfm-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcmanfm-qt

How To Uninstall pcmanfm-qt on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the pcmanfm-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pcmanfm-qt

Uninstall pcmanfm-qt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcmanfm-qt

Remove pcmanfm-qt Configurations and Data

To remove pcmanfm-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcmanfm-qt

Remove pcmanfm-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcmanfm-qt

Dependencies

pcmanfm-qt have the following dependencies:

References

pcmanfm-qt website

Summary

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