How To Install libkf5gapi-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5gapi-dev on Debian 9. libkf5gapi-dev is Google API library for KDE – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5gapi-dev on Debian 9.

What is libkf5gapi-dev

libkf5gapi-dev is:

LibKGAPI (previously called LibKGoogle) is a C++ library that implements APIs for various Google services.

This package contains development files for building software that uses the LibKGAPI library.

There are three methods to install libkf5gapi-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 libkf5gapi-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 libkf5gapi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5gapi-dev

Install libkf5gapi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5gapi-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5gapi-dev

Install libkf5gapi-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 libkf5gapi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5gapi-dev

How To Uninstall libkf5gapi-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkf5gapi-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5gapi-dev

Uninstall libkf5gapi-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5gapi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5gapi-dev

Remove libkf5gapi-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5gapi-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5gapi-dev

Remove libkf5gapi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5gapi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5gapi-dev

Dependencies

libkf5gapi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5gapi-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.