How To Install libkf5plotting-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5plotting-dev on Debian 9. libkf5plotting-dev is development files for kplotting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5plotting-dev on Debian 9.

What is libkf5plotting-dev

libkf5plotting-dev is:

KPlotWidget is a QWidget-derived class that provides a virtual base class for easy data-plotting. The idea behind KPlotWidget is that you only have to specify information in “data units”; i.e., the natural units of the data being plotted. KPlotWidget automatically converts everything to screen pixel units.

Contains development files for kplotting.

There are three methods to install libkf5plotting-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 libkf5plotting-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 libkf5plotting-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5plotting-dev

Install libkf5plotting-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5plotting-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5plotting-dev

Install libkf5plotting-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 libkf5plotting-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5plotting-dev

How To Uninstall libkf5plotting-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkf5plotting-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5plotting-dev

Uninstall libkf5plotting-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5plotting-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5plotting-dev

Remove libkf5plotting-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5plotting-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5plotting-dev

Remove libkf5plotting-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5plotting-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5plotting-dev

Dependencies

libkf5plotting-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5plotting-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.