How To Install kdoctools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdoctools on Debian 9.
What is kdoctools
kdoctools is:
This package provides KDE documentation tools (including the “help” KIO slave) for accessing documentation of KDE and GNOME applications.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.
There are three methods to install kdoctools 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 kdoctools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdoctools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdoctools
Install kdoctools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdoctools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdoctools
Install kdoctools 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 kdoctools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdoctools
How To Uninstall kdoctools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kdoctools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdoctools
Uninstall kdoctools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdoctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdoctools
Remove kdoctools Configurations and Data
To remove kdoctools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdoctools
Remove kdoctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdoctools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdoctools
Dependencies
kdoctools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdoctools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
