How To Install kdelibs5-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs5-data on Debian 9. kdelibs5-data is core shared data for all KDE Applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs5-data on Debian 9.

What is kdelibs5-data

kdelibs5-data is:

This package contains architecture-independent data files needed to run KDE Applications.

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.

There are three methods to install kdelibs5-data 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 kdelibs5-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs5-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdelibs5-data

Install kdelibs5-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs5-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdelibs5-data

Install kdelibs5-data 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 kdelibs5-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdelibs5-data

How To Uninstall kdelibs5-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kdelibs5-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5-data

Uninstall kdelibs5-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdelibs5-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdelibs5-data

Remove kdelibs5-data Configurations and Data

To remove kdelibs5-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdelibs5-data

Remove kdelibs5-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdelibs5-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdelibs5-data

Dependencies

kdelibs5-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs5-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.