How To Install baloo-utils on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo-utils on Debian 9. baloo-utils is utilities for Baloo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo-utils on Debian 9.

What is baloo-utils

baloo-utils is:

A framework for searching and managing metadata in KDE.

This package contains kdelibs4 utilities for Baloo.

There are three methods to install baloo-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install baloo-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install baloo-utils

Install baloo-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install baloo-utils

Install baloo-utils 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install baloo-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install baloo-utils

How To Uninstall baloo-utils on Debian 9

To uninstall only the baloo-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove baloo-utils

Uninstall baloo-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall baloo-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove baloo-utils

Remove baloo-utils Configurations and Data

To remove baloo-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge baloo-utils

Remove baloo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baloo-utils

Dependencies

baloo-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.