How To Install kde-config-touchpad on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-touchpad on Debian 9. kde-config-touchpad is transitional dummy package

Introduction

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

What is kde-config-touchpad

kde-config-touchpad is:

This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install kde-config-touchpad 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-touchpad 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-touchpad using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install kde-config-touchpad Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kde-config-touchpad

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

sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-touchpad

How To Uninstall kde-config-touchpad on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove kde-config-touchpad

Uninstall kde-config-touchpad And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove kde-config-touchpad Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

kde-config-touchpad have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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