How To Install plasma-workspace-wayland on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-wayland on Debian 9. plasma-workspace-wayland is Plasma Workspace for KF5 - Wayland integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-wayland on Debian 9.

What is plasma-workspace-wayland

plasma-workspace-wayland is:

Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.

There are three methods to install plasma-workspace-wayland 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 plasma-workspace-wayland Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace-wayland

Install plasma-workspace-wayland Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-wayland using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace-wayland

Install plasma-workspace-wayland 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 plasma-workspace-wayland using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-workspace-wayland

How To Uninstall plasma-workspace-wayland on Debian 9

To uninstall only the plasma-workspace-wayland package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-workspace-wayland

Uninstall plasma-workspace-wayland And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-workspace-wayland

Remove plasma-workspace-wayland Configurations and Data

To remove plasma-workspace-wayland configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-workspace-wayland

Remove plasma-workspace-wayland configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove plasma-workspace-wayland configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-workspace-wayland

Dependencies

plasma-workspace-wayland have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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