How To Install kpartsplugin on Debian 10

Learn how to install kpartsplugin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kpartsplugin is Netscape-compatible plugin to embed KDE file-viewers into browser

Introduction

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

What is kpartsplugin

kpartsplugin is:

This software implements a plugin for Netscape-compatible browsers in Unix environments. This plugin uses KDE’s KParts technology to embed file viewers (e.g. for PDF files) into non-KDE browsers. Tested browsers include both (Mozilla Firefox and Opera, and is know to work with Chrome and Arora. With this plugin, you can e.g. view PDF files in Firefox using Okular as an embedded plugin.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kpartsplugin

Install kpartsplugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kpartsplugin

Install kpartsplugin 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 kpartsplugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kpartsplugin

How To Uninstall kpartsplugin on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove kpartsplugin

Uninstall kpartsplugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kpartsplugin

Remove kpartsplugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kpartsplugin

Remove kpartsplugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kpartsplugin

Dependencies

kpartsplugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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