How To Install kdepimlibs5-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install kdepimlibs5-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kdepimlibs5-dev is development files for the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdepimlibs5-dev on Debian 10.

What is kdepimlibs5-dev

kdepimlibs5-dev is:

This package contains development files for building software that uses the KDE Development Platform Personal Information Management libraries for Qt4, that is end of life since some years now. You should better use the Qt5 counterparts, if you start writing new software or port it to Qt5.

The libraries are:

  • akonadi: client access library for using the Akonadi PIM data server.
  • kblog: C++ API for weblogging access
  • kcal: C++ API for the iCalendar and vCalendar formats (Deprecated by kcalcore and kcalutils)
  • kcalcore: C++ API for the iCalendar and vCalendar formats
  • kcalutils: C++ library containing utility functions on top of kcalcore.
  • kholidays: C++ library for calendar holidays
  • kimap: C++ API for IMAP support
  • kldap: C++ API for LDAP access
  • kmime: C++ API for MIME handling
  • kontactinterface: The glue for embedding KParts into Kontact
  • kpimidentities: C++ API for shared identities for mail applications
  • kpimutils: A library for general purpose PIM utilities
  • ktnef: C++ API for the handling of TNEF data
  • kxmlrpclient: An XML-RPC client library
  • mailtransport: C++ API and support code for managing mail transport
  • microblog: a library for microblogging
  • syndication: An RSS/Atom feed parser library
  • qgpgme: A C++ wrapper for gpgme
  • kioslaves/sieve: Sieve kioslave
  • kpimtextedit: Provides a textedit with PIM-specific features and can convert the textedit content to various markup formats

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

There are three methods to install kdepimlibs5-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kdepimlibs5-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdepimlibs5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdepimlibs5-dev

Install kdepimlibs5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdepimlibs5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdepimlibs5-dev

Install kdepimlibs5-dev 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 kdepimlibs5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdepimlibs5-dev

How To Uninstall kdepimlibs5-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kdepimlibs5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdepimlibs5-dev

Uninstall kdepimlibs5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdepimlibs5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdepimlibs5-dev

Remove kdepimlibs5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove kdepimlibs5-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdepimlibs5-dev

Remove kdepimlibs5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdepimlibs5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdepimlibs5-dev

Dependencies

kdepimlibs5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdepimlibs5-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.