How To Install kde-config-screenlocker on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-screenlocker on Debian 9.

What is kde-config-screenlocker

kde-config-screenlocker is:

KDE systemsettings module to configure kscreenlocker

There are three methods to install kde-config-screenlocker 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 kde-config-screenlocker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-screenlocker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-config-screenlocker

Install kde-config-screenlocker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-screenlocker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-config-screenlocker

Install kde-config-screenlocker 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 kde-config-screenlocker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-screenlocker

How To Uninstall kde-config-screenlocker on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kde-config-screenlocker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-config-screenlocker

Uninstall kde-config-screenlocker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-config-screenlocker

Remove kde-config-screenlocker Configurations and Data

To remove kde-config-screenlocker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-config-screenlocker

Remove kde-config-screenlocker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-config-screenlocker

Dependencies

kde-config-screenlocker have the following dependencies:

• libkscreenlocker5
• kpackagetool5
• libc6
• libkf5configcore5
• libkf5configgui5
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5declarative5
• libkf5globalaccel5
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5package5
• libkf5textwidgets5
• libkf5xmlgui5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5dbus5
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5qml5
• libqt5quickwidgets5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• kde-config-screenlocker website

Summary

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