How To Install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 9. kdevplatform-dev is development files for the KDevelop platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevplatform-dev on Debian 9.

What is kdevplatform-dev

kdevplatform-dev is:

This package contains development files for building integrated development environments based on the KDevelop platform.

This package is part of the KDevelop platform.

There are three methods to install kdevplatform-dev 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 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.