How To Install baloo4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo4
on Debian 9.
What is baloo4
baloo4 is:
A framework for searching and managing metadata in KDE.
This package contains the kdelibs4 version of the binaries, it can also be replaced with baloo-kf5.
There are three methods to install baloo4
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 baloo4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baloo4
Install baloo4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baloo4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baloo4
Install baloo4 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 baloo4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baloo4
How To Uninstall baloo4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the baloo4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baloo4
Uninstall baloo4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baloo4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baloo4
Remove baloo4 Configurations and Data
To remove baloo4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baloo4
Remove baloo4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baloo4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baloo4
Dependencies
baloo4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baloo4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.