How to Install and Uninstall kalternatives Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "kalternatives" package

Please follow the steps below to install kalternatives on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kalternatives
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kalternatives" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall kalternatives on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kalternatives
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kalternatives package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kalternatives
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 436
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.13-2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libkdecore5 (>= 4:4.4.0), libkdeui5 (>= 4:4.3.4), libkio5 (>= 4:4.5.0b), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-svg (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: man-db
Filename: pool/universe/k/kalternatives/kalternatives_0.13-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 58658
MD5sum: 12d85866b372c50b60bd2ed156203635
SHA1: d0a9b229ca8e9311f35f36affb3cd295759c156b
SHA256: 23ba6e225c1af8b1b0b8c75f958fb234171e725fe5c7ba2ac567b47d7415f434
Description-en: graphical alternatives system configuration tool
Kalternatives offers a GUI to configure the alternative systems (a
system that allows you to select one alternative file for many in the
filesystem).
Kalternatives is available as KDE configuration module, integrated by default
into KDE's System Settings.
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This is an advanced GUI of the update-alternatives program shipped with dpkg.
Description-md5: bfdab52db2ddbb39dbd9d0c199036ac8
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu