How To Install kmldonkey on Debian 10

Learn how to install kmldonkey on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kmldonkey is advanced GUI for MLDonkey

Introduction

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

What is kmldonkey

kmldonkey is:

KMLDonkey is an advanced GUI frontend for the MLDonkey peer-to-peer core.

Features:

  • Supports most of the P2P protocols handled by the mldonkey backend (eDonkey/eMule, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Gnutella2, DirectConnect, FastTrack, SoulSeek, Audiogalaxy, OpenFT, FileTP)
  • Supports a lot of configuration options in the mldonkey backend
  • Can handle multiple threads simultaneously
  • Can be used with traffic-shaping tools
  • Can handle several security options

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kmldonkey

Install kmldonkey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kmldonkey

Install kmldonkey 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 kmldonkey using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kmldonkey

How To Uninstall kmldonkey on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove kmldonkey

Uninstall kmldonkey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmldonkey

Remove kmldonkey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kmldonkey

Remove kmldonkey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmldonkey

Dependencies

kmldonkey have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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