Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdetoys on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kdetoys
kdetoys is:
KDE is produced by an international technology team that creates free and open
source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a
modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office
productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many
categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment,
educational, graphics and software development.
This metapackage includes desktop toys provided with the official release of
KDE.
There are three methods to install kdetoys on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kdetoys Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdetoys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdetoys
Install kdetoys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdetoys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdetoys
Install kdetoys 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 kdetoys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdetoys
How To Uninstall kdetoys on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kdetoys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdetoys
Uninstall kdetoys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdetoys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdetoys
Remove kdetoys Configurations and Data
To remove kdetoys configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdetoys
Remove kdetoys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdetoys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdetoys
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdetoys package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
