How To Install plasma-framework 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 plasma-framework on Ubuntu.

What is `plasma-framework`

plasma-framework is:

Plasma library and runtime components based upon KF5 and Qt 5.

There are three methods to install plasma-framework 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 plasma-framework Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-framework

Install plasma-framework Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plasma-framework

Install plasma-framework 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 plasma-framework using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-framework

How To Uninstall plasma-framework on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the plasma-framework package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-framework

Uninstall plasma-framework And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-framework

Remove plasma-framework Configurations and Data

To remove plasma-framework configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-framework

Remove plasma-framework configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-framework

Dependencies

plasma-framework have the following dependencies:

References

plasma-framework website

Summary

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