How To Install libkabc4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkabc4 on Debian 9.
What is libkabc4
libkabc4 is:
This library provides an API for address book data. It includes features such as:
- Value based interface, addressbook entry data is implicitly shared.
- Address book entries are identified by a unique id.
- vCard backend (RFC 2425 / RFC 2426).
- Locking mechanism to support concurrent access to the address book by multiple processes.
- Notification on change of addressbook by other process.
- Dialog for selecting address book entries, supports mouse and keyboard selection, supports automatic name completion.
- GUI client for viewing, modifying address book data. This is aimed at developers not end users.
- Tool for converting data, written with libkab, to libkabc format.
- Multiple backends (resources) for storing entries e.g. LDAP
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.
There are three methods to install libkabc4 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 libkabc4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkabc4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkabc4
Install libkabc4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkabc4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkabc4
Install libkabc4 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 libkabc4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkabc4
How To Uninstall libkabc4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkabc4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkabc4
Uninstall libkabc4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkabc4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkabc4
Remove libkabc4 Configurations and Data
To remove libkabc4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkabc4
Remove libkabc4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkabc4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkabc4
Dependencies
libkabc4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkabc4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
