How To Install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 11. kdevplatform-dev is transitional package for kdevelop-dev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 11.

What is kdevplatform-dev

kdevplatform-dev is:

This package is a transitional package, to upgrade to kdevelop-dev. It can be safely removed after the upgrade.

This package is part of the KDevelop platform.

There are three methods to install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kdevplatform-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 kdevplatform-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdevplatform-dev

Install kdevplatform-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kdevplatform-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install kdevplatform-dev

How To Uninstall kdevplatform-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove kdevplatform-dev

Uninstall kdevplatform-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdevplatform-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdevplatform-dev

Remove kdevplatform-dev Configurations and Data

To remove kdevplatform-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdevplatform-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

kdevplatform-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevplatform-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.