How To Install kdesdk-misc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-misc on Debian 9.
What is kdesdk-misc
kdesdk-misc is:
This package contains additional tools to aid in development for KDE.
Included are:
- headers to assist with profiling KDE code
- kstartperf to measure startup time
This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.
There are three methods to install kdesdk-misc 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 kdesdk-misc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk-misc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdesdk-misc
Install kdesdk-misc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk-misc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdesdk-misc
Install kdesdk-misc 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 kdesdk-misc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdesdk-misc
How To Uninstall kdesdk-misc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kdesdk-misc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdesdk-misc
Uninstall kdesdk-misc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdesdk-misc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdesdk-misc
Remove kdesdk-misc Configurations and Data
To remove kdesdk-misc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdesdk-misc
Remove kdesdk-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdesdk-misc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdesdk-misc
Dependencies
kdesdk-misc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-misc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
