How To Install kfloppy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kfloppy on Debian 9. kfloppy is floppy formatter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kfloppy on Debian 9.

What is kfloppy

kfloppy is:

Kfloppy is a utility for formatting floppy disks.

This package is part of the KDE SC utilities module.

There are three methods to install kfloppy 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 kfloppy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kfloppy

Install kfloppy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kfloppy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kfloppy

Install kfloppy 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 kfloppy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kfloppy

How To Uninstall kfloppy on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kfloppy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kfloppy

Uninstall kfloppy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kfloppy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kfloppy

Remove kfloppy Configurations and Data

To remove kfloppy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kfloppy

Remove kfloppy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kfloppy

Dependencies

kfloppy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kfloppy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.