How To Install kontact on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kontact on Debian 11.
What is kontact
kontact is:
Kontact is the integrated solution to your personal information management needs. It combines applications like KMail, KOrganizer and KAddressBook into a single interface to provide easy access to mail, scheduling, address book and other PIM functionality.
There are three methods to install kontact on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kontact Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kontact using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kontact
Install kontact Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kontact using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kontact
Install kontact 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 kontact using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kontact
How To Uninstall kontact on Debian 11
To uninstall only the kontact package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kontact
Uninstall kontact And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kontact and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kontact
Remove kontact Configurations and Data
To remove kontact configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kontact
Remove kontact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kontact configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kontact
Dependencies
kontact have the following dependencies:
- kdepim-runtime
- libqt5webengine5
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configgui5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5grantleetheme5
- libkf5grantleetheme5-20.08
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5iconthemes5
- libkf5jobwidgets5
- libkf5kcmutils5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5kontactinterface5
- libkf5kontactinterface5-20.08
- libkf5libkdepim5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kontact package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
