How To Install kblocks on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kblocks on Debian 9.

What is kblocks

kblocks is:

KBlocks is a single player falling blocks puzzle game, a Tetris-like replacement for KSirtet.

This package is part of the KDE games module.

There are three methods to install kblocks on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kblocks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kblocks

Install kblocks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kblocks

Install kblocks 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 kblocks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kblocks

How To Uninstall kblocks on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove kblocks

Uninstall kblocks And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kblocks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kblocks

Remove kblocks Configurations and Data

To remove kblocks configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kblocks

Remove kblocks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kblocks

Dependencies

kblocks have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libkf5configcore5
• libkf5configgui5
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5crash5
• libkf5dbusaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5kdegames7

References

• kblocks website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kblocks package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.