How To Install quassel-client-kde4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-client-kde4 on Debian 9. quassel-client-kde4 is transitional package to quassel-client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-client-kde4 on Debian 9.

What is quassel-client-kde4

quassel-client-kde4 is:

This is an empty package to transition to quassel-client, it can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install quassel-client-kde4 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 quassel-client-kde4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install quassel-client-kde4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install quassel-client-kde4

Install quassel-client-kde4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install quassel-client-kde4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quassel-client-kde4

Install quassel-client-kde4 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 quassel-client-kde4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quassel-client-kde4

How To Uninstall quassel-client-kde4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the quassel-client-kde4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove quassel-client-kde4

Uninstall quassel-client-kde4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall quassel-client-kde4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quassel-client-kde4

Remove quassel-client-kde4 Configurations and Data

To remove quassel-client-kde4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quassel-client-kde4

Remove quassel-client-kde4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove quassel-client-kde4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quassel-client-kde4

Dependencies

quassel-client-kde4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-client-kde4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.