How To Install kalternatives on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalternatives on Debian 10.
What is kalternatives
kalternatives is:
Kalternatives offers a GUI to configure the alternative systems (a system that allows you to select one alternative file for many in the filesystem). Kalternatives is available as KDE configuration module, integrated by default into KDE’s System Settings.
This is an advanced GUI of the update-alternatives program shipped with dpkg.
There are three methods to install kalternatives on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kalternatives Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kalternatives using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kalternatives
Install kalternatives Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kalternatives using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kalternatives
Install kalternatives 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 kalternatives using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kalternatives
How To Uninstall kalternatives on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kalternatives package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kalternatives
Uninstall kalternatives And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kalternatives and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kalternatives
Remove kalternatives Configurations and Data
To remove kalternatives configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kalternatives
Remove kalternatives configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kalternatives configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kalternatives
Dependencies
kalternatives have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalternatives package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
