How To Install xdg-desktop-portal-kde 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 xdg-desktop-portal-kde on Ubuntu.

What is `xdg-desktop-portal-kde`

xdg-desktop-portal-kde is:

xdg-desktop-portal-kde provides a Qt implementation for the desktop-agnostic xdg-desktop-portal service. This allows sandboxed applications to request services from outside the sandbox using KDE GUIs (app chooser, file chooser, print dialog) or using KDE services (session manager, screenshot provider).

There are three methods to install xdg-desktop-portal-kde 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 xdg-desktop-portal-kde Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-kde using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Install xdg-desktop-portal-kde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-kde using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Install xdg-desktop-portal-kde 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 xdg-desktop-portal-kde using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdg-desktop-portal-kde

How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-kde on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal-kde package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-kde And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-kde Configurations and Data

To remove xdg-desktop-portal-kde configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xdg-desktop-portal-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Dependencies

xdg-desktop-portal-kde have the following dependencies:

References

xdg-desktop-portal-kde website

Summary

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