How To Install kio on Debian 10

Learn how to install kio on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kio is resource and network access abstraction

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio on Debian 10.

What is kio

kio is:

KDE Input/Output framework provides a single API for operating on files, whether local or on a remote server. Additionally, KIO Slaves provide support for individual protocols. Some particularly useful ones are http, ftp, sftp, smb, nfs, ssh (fish), man, tar and zip.

There are three methods to install kio 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 kio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kio

Install kio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kio

Install kio 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 kio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kio

How To Uninstall kio on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kio

Uninstall kio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio

Remove kio Configurations and Data

To remove kio configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kio

Remove kio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio

Dependencies

kio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.